Is Shockwave Website Not Working?

[shivvy]

I usually go onto Shockwave.com once per day to do an online jigsaw. However I haven't been able to get onto it for quite a few days. It says that the page can't be found.
How do I know if a website is down or not? Or could the problem be with my laptop?
Thanks.

[albaqwerty]

I tried to get onto Shockwave on Saturday with no luck either.
Haven't tried since tho. Sorry.

[-SharonA-]

Works for me on a kindle here in U.S.

[-SharonA-]

Just played word search!

[albaqwerty]

I'm getting the 'broken page' logo but no other description is appearing.
Strange....

[Stephen_G]

I'm (UK based and) using Microsoft Edge on a PC that's less than a year old and it won't load for me either...

[tonyav]

Just gave it a try and get 'This Shockwave.com page can't be found'
Maybe it's only broken in the UK.

[Mamyalynne]

Even though the site is showing as 'up', scroll down to comments from around the World.

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/shockwave.com.html

[Buenchico]

I just get a blank page with Firefox. (i.e. the URL is recognised and the site accessed but no content is downloaded from it).

The domain name 'shockwave.com' was only registered at the end of last year, and with the site owner's details deliberately hidden from public record, so it's possibly not surprising if it's not fully working. (Loads of websites come and go within a very short space of time).

[follyfancier]

me too, I like the jigsaws but have not been able to get on with chrome all weekend

[shivvy]

So it maybe looks as if it is only down in the UK Mamyalynne because of GDPR?
Buenchico - Shockwave has been on the go for ages. I'm sure I have been doing the daily jigsaw for 10+ years. I MISS IT!!

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not sure Shivvy, there are comments on that link from near and far.

Nuisance for regular users whatever the cause.

[Buenchico]

From Shockwave.com's privacy policy (accessed over a United States VPN):

"A new European Union law, referred to as the General Data Protection Regulation or "GDPR", gives certain rights to individuals in relation to their personal data. Accordingly, and so as to ensure we are compliant with applicable law and regulation, we do not collect nor utilize personal data of our European Union users and have implemented certain steps to geoblock the Site and restrict access to such users"

Time to get a VPN, perhaps?
https://nordvpn.com/

[shivvy]

I don't really know what a vpn is Buenchico - I think I'll look for another site maybe.
Anybody know one that does something similar?

[follyfancier]

it,s still not working , I got this message today
502 Bad Gateway,
did you find another place?

[maggiebee]

This came up for me:

Hello SW Players,
Unfortunately, due the General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect, any members who are part of the European Union will not be able to access our website until the site becomes compliant. We do not have an estimate of those updates at this time. We apologize for not alerting you prior to this change; that is definitely a failure on our side.

If you are an Unlimited subscriber who has been affected by this, please send a message to [email protected] to receive a prorated refund.

Thank you for being a dedicated player. We apologize for this inconvenience and will keep you informed of any further updates.

[Bazile]

What is this Shockwave site all about ?

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockwave_(game_portal)

[shivvy]

Bazile - it is a great site. It has lots of good old fashioned games such as jigsaws, spot the difference, wordsearch etc - a different one every day.
I'm having slight withdrawal and need to find an alternative site!

[snetty]

Shockwave is not available to EU countries due to new GDP legislation. Have contacted them and NO JOY on the answer. Goodness knows if/when Shockwave will be available to EU countries again. Just don't hold your breath!!

[shivvy]

Nnooooooo snetty!!!