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0 pointsfoepys5y ago0 comments

Oh no, somebody save Google, please. A single lawyer is harassing this poor trillion dollar company.

He has any right to use all existing laws to file complaints. When a new law is being introduced it should be followed immediately, especially when it impacts the lives of many. Would you argue that a speeding ticket is harassment when the fines were raised just the day before? No, you wouldn't because that would be ridiculous.

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chrisseaton5y ago

> When a new law is being introduced it should be followed immediately, especially when it impacts the lives of many. Would you argue that a speeding ticket is harassment when the fines were raised just the day before?

When there's a new law or a new speeding limit on an existing road the police do usually spend a while just politely warning people about it before they charge anyone.

He's an activist. Not someone who's genuinely been harmed and seeking a legal resolution as a last resort after trying to resolve in good faith first.

foepysOP5y ago

As another poster pointed out, GDPR had a 2 year (!) period where it was already a law in all EU countries but was not enforced for exactly that reason. Try telling a cop that you need to be notified 2 years in advance.

Privacy advocates have been saying for years that Google is building profiles for every user on the internet. You were not able to get to know what Google knows about you. This changed and it is really good that it changed.

vertex-four5y ago

The EU tried to resolve the issue in good faith - they passed the GDPR with two years between publishing the law for all to see, and the date at which it would start being enforced. The various privacy-violating companies did not act in good faith by attempting to comply with the law and the guidance surrounding it, instead hoping that they could put it off until they got sued over it.

hadrien015y ago

FAANGs had more than two years to prepare between the voting of GDPR (april 2016) and its implementation date (may 2018)

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