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> We may even end up with a special Snowden version of the cookie warning Depends. The courts might rule that that sort of "click-through" agreement is invalid
by rmc 11y ago
> We may even end up with a special Snowden version of the cookie warning
Depends. The courts might rule that that sort of "click-through" agreement is invalid and doesn't count as consent.
Update: Already happening. DPA of Schleswig Holstein: Transfer on the basis of Model Clauses unlawful. from https://twitter.com/CarloPiltz/status/654214641975984128 https://twitter.com/CarloPiltz/status/654214641975984128
- pjc50 11y agoIt looks like the DPC of Ireland has been "considering" this question since 2011, and still not got anywhere: http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/complaints.html http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Complaints/complaints.html
- rmc 11y agoLow tax rate and compliant DPC. That's Irish pitch to foreign companies.
- Silhouette 11y agoI don't believe such a ruling will be allowed to stand for long, if it really is effectively a blanket ban that can't be overridden by reasonable consent. Enforcing something like that really would have the potential to block international trade on an economy-damaging scale.
- rmc 11y agoThe party who broke the deal was the USA, with it's unrelentent mass spying of as many people as possible. If you want change, start there.
- yuhong 11y agoThat doesn't change the issue of data transfers to third countries that are not approved though.
- M2Ys4U 11y agoThen the US needs to stand up and write some laws that respect human rights.