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I oftentimes reach for my 'call the regulator' button when I read these articles. And what regulator is that? Does Dubai even have a "regulator" overseeing stu
by PhantomGremlin 9y ago
I oftentimes reach for my 'call the regulator' button when I read these articles.
And what regulator is that? Does Dubai even have a "regulator" overseeing stuff like this?
Emirates is wholly owned by the government of Dubai. So basically you would be complaining about one Dubai government agency to another Dubai government agency.
Perhaps you could complain about this to some US or EU regulator? Would they care enough to get involved?
- icebraining 9y agoI live in Portugal, an EU country. After a complaint, our National Data Protection Commission fined one of my neighbors for having posted certain personal data of other tenants on our building hall. They care.
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- hooeezit 9y agoEmirates gets a big chunk of their revenues from EU customers. They definitely don't want to piss of EU regulators. As for US regulators, they've been at odds with them for some time, so Emirates will probably try to fight them before giving in. But this particular privacy hole is the size of a crater - it will be hard to fight the regulators. In fact, as a software architect, I feel that the solution is far cheaper than fighting regulators.
- Zak 9y agoEmirates has a physical presence in the EU and would definitely be subject to EU regulations when a flight to, from or purchased in the EU is involved.