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You are right in that I don't agree. I don't think this is a question of tolerance of risk, but that he doesn't seem to want to study all the implications. I

You are right in that I don't agree. I don't think this is a question of tolerance of risk, but that he doesn't seem to want to study all the implications. I will be first to admit that GDPR is full of holes and ambiguities and has never been tested in a court of law yet, but rather than (as the two quotes you pulled from his site) assume that GDPR has been set up to give the 'big boys' free reign and punish small operators, I'd like to think that GDPR actually puts a LOT more accountability on the larger players and actually will put smaller players on a semi-equal footing. I really don't think that the EU will be spending the money and time (and open themselves to the PR disaster) of suing websites that might make $1000/mo for the full EUR20Million, do you?

adventured 9y ago
> of suing websites that might make $1000/mo for the full EUR20Million, do you? I expect some early chilling cases that will scare the shit out of small operators. That's almost guaranteed to happen. I don't expect the EU to need to be aggressive in pursuing small operators (spending lots of money & time on it), a few demonstrative examples will do the job. They'll need to do that to make sure they're all in line. It's too great of a task to force compliance on millions of small businesses otherwise, they will have to make an example of some small businesses. If they don't, compliance by those millions of small businesses will erode over time.
pixl97 9y ago
In the US copyright trolls, for example, go after small sites first. They are not able to provide the huge amount of money needed to fund a solid legal defense. The trolls can use the precedent to attack larger more well funded targets. It is not unheard of for US law enforcement to do the same thing. That is why groups like the ACLU and EFF are so important here.
- lagadu 9y ago
  But trolls can't go after any sites. The only entity with the power to issue fines is the national regulatory entity. Trolls would only be able to present a complaint with them and let them to the assessing and investigation. Also precedent doesn't work the same way in EU jurisdictions like in the US (although it's irrelevant in this case).

adventured 9y ago

> of suing websites that might make $1000/mo for the full EUR20Million, do you? I expect some early chilling cases that will scare the shit out of small operators. That's almost guaranteed to happen. I don't expect the EU to need to be aggressive in pursuing small operators (spending lots of money & time on it), a few demonstrative examples will do the job. They'll need to do that to make sure they're all in line. It's too great of a task to force compliance on millions of small businesses otherwise, they will have to make an example of some small businesses. If they don't, compliance by those millions of small businesses will erode over time.

pixl97 9y ago

In the US copyright trolls, for example, go after small sites first. They are not able to provide the huge amount of money needed to fund a solid legal defense. The trolls can use the precedent to attack larger more well funded targets. It is not unheard of for US law enforcement to do the same thing. That is why groups like the ACLU and EFF are so important here.

lagadu 9y ago
But trolls can't go after any sites. The only entity with the power to issue fines is the national regulatory entity. Trolls would only be able to present a complaint with them and let them to the assessing and investigation. Also precedent doesn't work the same way in EU jurisdictions like in the US (although it's irrelevant in this case).