Blocking by country and continent (GDPR)

What is country and continent blocking (GDPR) ?

Country and continent blocking is a feature that allows website and application owners to restrict access based on the geographic location of visitors. This is particularly useful for businesses that need to comply with data protection laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which governs how personal data of European Union (EU) citizens is processed and moved.

Using IP-based geolocation, you can choose to either block or allow visitors from specific countries, continents, or regions. This helps to protect sensitive data, limit your legal exposure, and comply with regional legal requirements.

Why use country-based blocking ?

• Ensure GDPR compliance : Avoid collecting data from EU citizens if your business is not GDPR compliant, preventing potential legal issues and fines.

• Reduce risk exposure : Block access from high-risk regions that are known for malicious bot activity, fraud, and cyber threats.

• Control data flow : Restrict access to your platform only within the legal territories where you operate.

• Prevent fraud : Block countries that are often associated with click fraud, carding, and other forms of digital fraud.

• Improve performance : Filter out traffic from non-relevant regions to save bandwidth and improve server performance.

How cloudFilt helps

CloudFilt offers granualar geo-blocking tools that allow you to :

• Block or allow : Automatically block or allow entire continents (like Asia or Africa) or specific countries.

• Customize rules : create custom rules for specific pages, paths, or resources (e.g., block checkout pages for non-supported regions).

• Log and audit : log all blocked requests for auditing and compliance reporting.

• Adapt in real-time : adapt your protection in real time with AI-driven risk assessments.

Benefits of country & continent blocking with cloudFilt

Implementing country and continent blocking with CloudFilt offers significant advantages for both security and compliance :

• Ensures Legal Compliance : Stay aligned with GDPR and other international data privacy laws by restricting access from regions outside your target markets.

• Prevents Cyber Threats : Automatically block access from countries with a high volume of bot activity or known malicious actors, which reduces the risk of DDoS attacks, web scraping, and other automated abuse.

• Boosts Performance : By filtering out unnecessary traffic from irrelevant regions, you can improve server response time and conserve bandwidth.

• Focuses on Target Markets : Serve your content, services, and campaigns to the users who matter most, eliminating noise from unrelated geographic locations.

• Provides Auditing and Visibility : Gain insight into blocked regions and IPs through CloudFilt's detailed dashboards and logs, which helps with your strategy and compliance management.

CloudFilt's geo-blocking feature is smart, flexible, and fully customizable, making it easy to protect your digital assets while maintaining global compliance.