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> The GDPR really spells out that you can't ask for consent / basis to do one thing and then flip around and do more with it. That's not how reality works. Law
by candiodari 8y ago
> The GDPR really spells out that you can't ask for consent / basis to do one thing and then flip around and do more with it.
That's not how reality works. Laws, despite god knows how many attempts, don't change that. If you have the information, you can use it.
> Aka, if you consent to signing up for a newsletter they can't turn around and sell your email to another list, take that list to their next startup that's unrelated, etc.
Ok. When the spam problem stops, I'll believe this. Until then, I reserve judgement.
> For Google this gets tricky, you're consent to
Sure, but with a chunk of their operating expenses ($9 billion a year) spent on lawyers ... tricky is not a problem. For everyone else, it is.
It gives them a legal way to destroy any company they don't like, it's a land-grab for both their own jurisdiction (as opposed to member nations' jurisdictions), it's land-grab for global jurisdiction, it's a (partial) denial of private contracting rights and it's explicitly designed for selective enforcement.
What more could one want in a big new law ?
- frockington 8y agoYour points made me think that this law is likely just going to solidify market monopolies and ensure competition can't exist legally, similar to large banks in the US
- candiodari 8y agoWell, yes. However, we should look at illegally: it's going to make it much easier for sites to exist in areas where there won't be any enforcement. So it's going to kill European sites, not anything else. Effectively European companies below a certain size can't allow for forums anymore. Obviously this will impact things like newspaper forums, tech support, webfora on specific topics, ...