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It also works for performance, reliability, UX quality, etc. What GDPR does is forcing business to make privacy their core concern. Since time & budgets are inh

It also works for performance, reliability, UX quality, etc. What GDPR does is forcing business to make privacy their core concern. Since time & budgets are inherently limited, this will come at the expense of something else.

def_true_false 9y ago
As it should.
arkh 9y ago
> What GDPR does is forcing business to make privacy their core concern. Not really. It will mostly be a problem for companies which use a lot of SaaS services with no on-premise solution and companies in the business of selling their users data. Not gonna shed a lot of tears for those.
- shiven 9y ago
  What's your beef with using "a lot of SaaS services, with no on-premises solution"? Why waste money by locking it into on-premises hardware?
  - inetknght 9y ago
    You missed the entire point. How do you guarantee that the SaaS you chose is enforcing the privacy of the data you're paying them to process?
    - ethbro 9y ago
      In the same way that AWS wasn't originally certified for government work, and then developed GovCloud: they realized there was a lot of money in it. If supporting GDPRs is a requirement for having European B2B customers, SaaS providers are going to start certifying against and architecting around that.
      - ajbetteridge 9y ago
        And AWS is already well on this https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/ https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-and-the-general-data-protection-regulation/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-and-the-general-da...
tekknik 9y ago
Actually what it did for me was allow me to ignore the EU entirely. This makes my implementation more simple since I don’t have to focus on the GDPR and can ignore the localization crap from having 2 versions of English.
- rmc 9y ago
  Careful, the EU is a big market. If you exclude the EU, and get big enough, someone can just copy your business, but abide by EU law. Suddenly you have a compeditor who has access to a large market that you don't have access to.

def_true_false 9y ago

As it should.

arkh 9y ago

> What GDPR does is forcing business to make privacy their core concern. Not really. It will mostly be a problem for companies which use a lot of SaaS services with no on-premise solution and companies in the business of selling their users data. Not gonna shed a lot of tears for those.

shiven 9y ago
What's your beef with using "a lot of SaaS services, with no on-premises solution"? Why waste money by locking it into on-premises hardware?
- inetknght 9y ago
  You missed the entire point. How do you guarantee that the SaaS you chose is enforcing the privacy of the data you're paying them to process?
  - ethbro 9y ago
    In the same way that AWS wasn't originally certified for government work, and then developed GovCloud: they realized there was a lot of money in it. If supporting GDPRs is a requirement for having European B2B customers, SaaS providers are going to start certifying against and architecting around that.
    - ajbetteridge 9y ago
      And AWS is already well on this https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/ https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-and-the-general-data-protection-regulation/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-and-the-general-da...

tekknik 9y ago

Actually what it did for me was allow me to ignore the EU entirely. This makes my implementation more simple since I don’t have to focus on the GDPR and can ignore the localization crap from having 2 versions of English.

rmc 9y ago
Careful, the EU is a big market. If you exclude the EU, and get big enough, someone can just copy your business, but abide by EU law. Suddenly you have a compeditor who has access to a large market that you don't have access to.