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[return to "Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine"]
1. sammy2+xd[view] [source] 2025-09-30 14:13:15
>>ANewbu+(OP)
How do you "pull out" of the UK if you are not a UK company, you are a US company, hosted in the US, and proxied by Fastly. There's nothing to do? You do not need to abide by UK laws, even if your website is accessible from there.
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2. layer8+zb1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 18:42:36
>>sammy2+xd
You are sending data into the UK, hence you have to abide by their laws regarding said data.
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3. patric+Ie1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 18:57:17
>>layer8+zb1
As the owner of a U.S. based website, I am not sending data anywhere. Some people in the U.K. might request data and download it from my site. I'm not forcing it on them.
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4. layer8+4h1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 19:08:13
>>patric+Ie1
HTTP responses (website contents) are data that the web servers you are paying for are sending. People can’t download anything from your site without your servers sending the data. Nothing forces you to send that data when you receive an HTTP request. Indeed, geoblocking is a common way to prevent sending data to jurisdictions whose laws the sending of the data might be in violation of.
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5. betaby+yn1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 19:36:57
>>layer8+4h1
HTTP GET is pull, not push. The user is pulling data, not the server is pushing data. Government doesn't care though. It intentionally have chosen not to understand that detail.
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