{"id":41224,"date":"2025-09-23T00:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2b-advice.com\/glossary\/geoblocking\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:39:25","slug":"geoblocking","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/2b-advice.com\/en\/glossary\/geoblocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Geo-blocking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Geo-blocking<\/h1>\n<p><strong>What does geo-blocking mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regulation (EU) 2018\/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 February 2018 laying down measures against unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006\/2004 and (EU) 2017\/2394 and Directive 2009\/22\/EC (Geo-blocking Regulation) aims to end unjustified discrimination in online purchases based on nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market. The ban on geo-blocking is an important part of the strategy for a digital EU single market.<\/p>\n<h2>Practical example<\/h2>\n<p>Geoblocking plays an important role in day-to-day business, for example when it comes to the protection and legally compliant processing of personal data.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulation (EU) 2018\/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 February 2018 laying down measures against unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006\/2004 and (EU) 2017\/2394 and Directive 2009\/22\/EC (Geo-blocking Regulation) aims to end unjustified discrimination in online purchases based on nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market. 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