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0 pointsdjhworld8y ago0 comments

I really enjoyed this quote from [1]

> I would be very wary of a company who claims this legislation is onerous. It is potentially life threatening to companies who do very shady things without your consent. That much is true. That is the entire point.

I somewhat suspect those companies hiding behind the 'oh lets just block Europe' excuse just don't want to admit the extent of what they are doing with the data.

US citizens should take note of this, because it's their data too.

[1] https://medium.com/tsengineering/the-gdpr-blog-post-9a571b13...

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icelancer8y ago

This might be it for like a very small handful of malicious companies. More realistically they are companies who have very little market share in the EU and their attorneys are very risk-averse and tell them a simple opt-out with few billing hours creates the most ROI.

EU citizens should not be pissed off that second-order effects exist in the world. If they are, they need to take ECN 101/102 again and pay closer attention.

Matticus_Rex8y ago

If you don't think this legislation is onerous, you're not doing the work of implementing it. Now, in my company's case, a big enough chunk of our customers are in the EU that it was the right choice.

Thing is? We changed almost nothing about the way we processed data. Data subjects are no better off because we've spent tens of thousands of dollars complying. Whether people comply or not, the fact of the matter is that this regulation is onerous. It's onerous even if you love the intent of it, and it's onerous even if you think it's worth it.

ww5208y ago

That is the equivalence of, "if you haven't done anything wrong, why do you need to hide your information?"

orangecat8y ago

I somewhat suspect those companies hiding behind the 'oh lets just block Europe' excuse just don't want to admit the extent of what they are doing with the data.

If the cops showed up at your door asking to search your home, business, and Internet accounts without a warrant, would you let them? Why not? What are you hiding?

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