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> Such a list would be politically really bad for politics in the EU Why so? I'd be happy to see such a list of shame. You know, companies already quoted here
by dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
> Such a list would be politically really bad for politics in the EU
Why so? I'd be happy to see such a list of shame. You know, companies already quoted here on HN as "clearly unable to get the consent" (of the people whose data they're processing). Let's see who they are and what they were doing.
- Boulth 9y agoExactly this. Companies shutting down make it look like a bully GDPR made them do it but then HN commenters indicate that these companies primary business was selling customer data: > Streetlend made its money by selling your privacy data to advertisers through Amazon. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16955709 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16955709
- yehosef 9y agoThe founder claims this wasn't true. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16956549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16956549 AFAIK, slander is still a problem in some parts of the world.