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0 pointsryandrake8y ago0 comments

There are literally hundreds of laws, some very large, that tech startups must comply with from day 1. Yet somehow we still have startups and small companies, and the world goes on, round and round. Why no complaints about these other big laws? None of them get the vitriol hurled at them quite like GDPR. I suspect this is because having to comply with big laws is not really the issue. The real issue is that GDPR hits Silicon Valley right in the soft spot where it hurts: Callous and unrestrained collection of user data. Everyone is complaining "I don't want to have to comply with big laws!" but what they are really thinking is "I don't want to get busted for the crazy amount of data we suck up (or want to suck up) and store!"

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ahje8y ago

>There are literally hundreds of laws, some very large, that tech startups must comply with from day 1.

> The real issue is that GDPR hits Silicon Valley right in the soft spot where it hurts: Callous and unrestrained collection of user data.

I've kept myself to lurking in those threads, simply because there's been so much FUD about this for the last few months. This, however, is spot on and it needs to be pointed out.

If people think GDPR is bad, then they should have a look at what it takes for a small startup that want to sell chicken eggs for breeding purposes, especially if you buy/sell across the EU borders. The requirements are quite insane compared to GDPR. :)

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