Tobaccoreview Not Accessible From Outside the US?

[VDL_Piper]

Maybe they are not 100% sure that no other country implements similar regulations? Seems safer to just block everyone while letting the legal team figure it out.

Then why not block everyone....hmmmmm

 

[ziv]

Then why not block everyone....hmmmmm

Because they are sure they are not breaking US regulations, but can't be sure about all other countries in the world?

 

[fireground_piper]

Because they are sure they are not breaking US regulations, but can't be sure about all other countries in the world?

I imagine the ownership is likely to change soon from Richmond, Virginia to somewhere else once Richmond officially closed its doors in the near future.

 

[AirOne]

Data regulation speaks to something else beyond the site!

Yes, EU regulations, Australia regulations, … Nothing to do with US regulations!

 

[MisterBadger]

Well, if you genuinely don't understand the issue, then my advice is to Google GDPR and how any company, even outside the EU, has to adhere to it when handling EU customers' data.

GDPR got dumped on me a year or so after I started up my own business and website. It was a PITA for a while, but quite manageable. As a natural optimist, I expect STG to reopen access to tobaccoreviews.com in a couple or three months once they've sorted out their conformity protocols. Or decide to sell it on...

 

[geoffs]

They should sell the site to someone who isn't so risk averse it's a wonder they get out of bed in the morning.
This is a bit much.

 

[mortonbriar]

There is no way I am reading through 4 pages of this to see if the joke has already been made, but maybe they have the site down to implement a 25% tariff on all us foreign site users!

 

[fireground_piper]

There is no way I am reading through 4 pages of this to see if the joke has already been made, but maybe they have the site down to implement a 25% tariff on all us foreign site users!

250% for Australia.

 

[mortonbriar]

250% for Australia.

Let's just keep that assumption that all Americans think New Zealand is part of Australia!

 

[ziv]

Let's just keep that assumption that all Americans think New Zealand is part of Australia!

Isn't Australia in Europe, next to Germany?

 

[fireground_piper]

Let's just keep that assumption that all Americans think New Zealand is part of Australia!

 

[Brendan]

250% for Australia.

Nice. Pre 2020 mark up, what a bargain!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Let's just keep that assumption that all Americans think New Zealand is part of Australia!

It's like the rest of the world not realizing there are 35 countries in America.

 

[Sigmund]

There are 27 countries in the EU. They all have different laws surrounding tobacco and alcohol. I wouldnt want a tobacco site, especially if I were a huge business. Its like putting bait in front of a zillion hungry attorneys.

 

[mortonbriar]

It's like the rest of the world not realizing there are 35 countries in America.

I think most of us just have the perspective of our own education system...concerning the naming/dividing of continents I have found there is no universal agreement about it, I have seen my country put into Oceania, Pacifica, Australia, Australasia...

 

[mortonbriar]

Isn't Australia in Europe, next to Germany?

They originally put that wall up to try and keep the kangaroo population contained.

 

[mortonbriar]

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We are a poetic people.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I think most of us just have the perspective of our own education system...concerning the naming/dividing of continents I have found there is no universal agreement about it, I have seen my country put into Oceania, Pacifica, Australia, Australasia...

Science, Arithmetic, and Geography were my game in high school. I know better.

 

[Chasing Embers]

They originally put that wall up to try and keep the kangaroo population contained.

 

[Brendan]

It's like the rest of the world not realizing there are 35 countries in America.

Actually, is 50