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Following sensible privacy guidelines is good. That said, following GDPR for the whole world is not. The EU does not legislate for the world.
by wemdyjreichert 9y ago
Following sensible privacy guidelines is good. That said, following GDPR for the whole world is not. The EU does not legislate for the world.
- guitarbill 9y agoSo the GDPR != sensible privacy guidelines? Please do elaborate what that would look like! And what makes following the GDPR for the whole world bad? Whatever your stance on the EU and it's laws, at least they're trying to address exactly that question.
- aquadrop 9y agoParent comment says that EU legislating for the whole world is bad. For example, UK (still EU yet) has antiporn laws, next they decide that all online porn should be forbidden, in the whole world. And so on. Is it good?
- guitarbill 9y agoNo, they clearly said "following GDPR for the whole world is not [good]." And so, why? When a country passes new safety standards for building cars, I'm sure car makers don't like that, but they still do it. And for models sold world-wide, they're often build the same (except local variances like steering wheel side, etc), so if you live in a country with less strict safety standards, you effectively still get the higher standard. GDPR should be implemented in most places. Why not extend that treatment to everybody? Less edge cases. It has nothing to do with the EU legislating "the world", just engineering pragmatism for a global world, and being user friendly.