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0 pointspiva002y ago0 comments

I consider GDPR in the EU (and similar initiatives in other jurisdictions) to be an improvement of individuals' rights. I agree with the general sentiment though, very little else (if anything) has progressed.

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p-e-w2y ago· 1 in thread

The GDPR is merely a (weak) response to the overwhelming erosion of individual privacy that has been taking place during the past 20 years.

In practice, individual privacy has been diminished to a degree that calling the GDPR an improvement is almost cynical. The GDPR only exists because the right to privacy means almost nothing in today's world.

Not to mention that the GDPR is so routinely violated that most "rights" it appears to grant are worthless in reality.

piva00OP2y ago

Yes, I agree with you, at the same time it's something of an improvement against the status quo pre-GDPR.

Saying it's ineffective does not mean it didn't change the reality of individual rights being eroded on the data privacy sphere... I've worked in multiple projects to comply with GDPR, there is a much higher degree of care with PII after GDPR than before, so it is a step in the right direction.

I'm not the type to wait for a perfect solution to arrive, GDPR has made changes in real life, we need to keep pushing what it has brought forth instead of just complaining it's ineffective, it has value on its own and more can be done.

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