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The place I work does actually store personal data for a variety of reasons, and we also work for a bunch of other companies that do, and the path to GDPR compl

The place I work does actually store personal data for a variety of reasons, and we also work for a bunch of other companies that do, and the path to GDPR compliance hasn't been painful. The biggest issue is, as you say, research, but if the sum of your data storage is an email address, a name, and a physical address, then you're hardly falling into any of the nuanced cases. I'm not faulting the person, I'm just saying the response doesn't seem founded in firm reasoning, but in (self-admitted, by the link!) "I need to look into this but I haven't, so we're shutting down". This isn't a newsworthy event or "proof the GDPR ruins businesses".

omginternets 8y ago
And again, the entire point being made is that it's damn-near impossible to soundly reason about the GDPR. This is, again, because the legal text is ambiguous.
jryle70 8y ago
Because looking into it takes time and effort? Even if he looks into it and finds ambiguity then, if he cares enough, he'd need to talk to lawyer, which may cost money. > This isn't a newsworthy event or "proof the GDPR ruins businesses". It is anecdote that complying to a far reaching and ambiguous law has real consequence.