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The EU already has legislated serious penalties for data breaches, and AFAIK whether it was a "mistake" or negligence is irrelevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by theptip 9y ago
The EU already has legislated serious penalties for data breaches, and AFAIK whether it was a "mistake" or negligence is irrelevant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation#Data_breaches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...
The US doesn't seem to have much appetite for this kind of regulation though.
- DoofusOfDeath 9y agoIt's worth distinguishing the US congress and executive branch from the US citizenry, in cases like this.
- theptip 9y agoVery true. I'd be interested to know how this issue polls in the US, I haven't seen any data on that.