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> Indeed, this did not drop out of the sky. It has been in the works for years. VOGON CAPTAIN: [On Speakers] People of Earth your attention please. This is Pro

> Indeed, this did not drop out of the sky. It has been in the works for years. VOGON CAPTAIN: [On Speakers] People of Earth your attention please. This is Prostectic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planet Council. As you no doubt will be aware, the plans for the development of the outlying regions of the western spiral arm of the galaxy require the building of a hyperspace express route through your star system and, regrettably, your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes thank you very much. MANKIND: [Yells of protest] VOGON CAPTAIN: There’s no point in acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaints and its far too late to start making a fuss about it now. From "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams sorry I couldn't resist

zaarn 8y ago
I smirked a bit, the EU certainly didn't advertise it in the last two years but it was definitely around. But just like in HGttG there isn't much use in yelling in protest now, grab a towel and grab something safe. (I should sent out my towel reminders to some of my users since I updated a few pages)
jacquesm 8y ago
I saw that one coming a mile away, thank you for the quote though :) And no, this is not about demolishing our way of life, the town we live in or the planet, it's about respecting the privacy of your users, which - for a change - is actually a positive thing. Unless of course you weren't going to do that in the first place you should welcome the development, I imagine that in a just world the Vogons would be on the receiving end of it. Oh, and in this case the plans were not on display in the locked filing cabinet in a basement of a building where the lights had gone off and where the stairs were missing. A handy URL has been provided for a long long time and all the debates have been recorded in public as well.
- tokyodude 8y ago
  Im already respecting my users privacy. I should’t have to spend time and money to prove it any more than i should have to prove I didn’t rob your house. Sure make it illegal to mistreat user data then punish those who fail. Don’t punish everyone up front
linker3000 8y ago
Yeah, but the analogy is not good... * We've known about the GDPR for around 2 years. * The GDPR text, national regulators' comments, industry opinion, sample docs and a plethora of free resources have been readily accessible on the Internet for about the same length of time. Having worked on the GDPR docs for a medium-sized business that builds learning management systems for corporate customers (about 100 live systems + dev and testing platforms where we are a processor of their personal data), it took about 3 weeks-worth of time to re-audit our platforms, complete a more detailed risk/impact assessment and write this all up together with some procedures for handling enquiries. Yes it took time, and we went the extra mile with diagrams and tables because the docs are customer-facing, but handled in a timely fashion, GDPR compliance is not a brick wall to business continuity. If a business already has in place a baseline level of good information security practice, GDPR compliance is not that hard.
- consp 8y ago
  Also, needing to have a DPO is not difficult since he already has one employee, himself. It's not ISO2700x, you don't need to fiddle around with rights in small businesses to make sure it fits the narrow perspective of a standardization and exclusiveness.
  - hanspeter 8y ago
    The DPO cannot be himself.
    - midasz 8y ago
      Source?
    - DanBC 8y ago
      He doesn't need a DPO.
- lagadu 8y ago
  > * We've known about the GDPR for around 2 years. 6 years, it's a 2012 directive.
pavelludiq 8y ago
Similar laws have been on the books in most if not all EU countries for literally decades. How Americans can be blind sighted by the way things have been for years is absolutely beyond me.
- Moru 8y ago
  This is exactly why we get GDPR. Usually what happens when rules and guidelines are not followed, there will be stricter rules with higher penalty.
DanBC 8y ago
Except in this case the Vogons already visited you 15 years ago to tell you about the e-privacy directive and 20 years ago to tell you about the data protection directives.

zaarn 8y ago

I smirked a bit, the EU certainly didn't advertise it in the last two years but it was definitely around. But just like in HGttG there isn't much use in yelling in protest now, grab a towel and grab something safe. (I should sent out my towel reminders to some of my users since I updated a few pages)

jacquesm 8y ago

I saw that one coming a mile away, thank you for the quote though :) And no, this is not about demolishing our way of life, the town we live in or the planet, it's about respecting the privacy of your users, which - for a change - is actually a positive thing. Unless of course you weren't going to do that in the first place you should welcome the development, I imagine that in a just world the Vogons would be on the receiving end of it. Oh, and in this case the plans were not on display in the locked filing cabinet in a basement of a building where the lights had gone off and where the stairs were missing. A handy URL has been provided for a long long time and all the debates have been recorded in public as well.

tokyodude 8y ago
Im already respecting my users privacy. I should’t have to spend time and money to prove it any more than i should have to prove I didn’t rob your house. Sure make it illegal to mistreat user data then punish those who fail. Don’t punish everyone up front

linker3000 8y ago

Yeah, but the analogy is not good... * We've known about the GDPR for around 2 years. * The GDPR text, national regulators' comments, industry opinion, sample docs and a plethora of free resources have been readily accessible on the Internet for about the same length of time. Having worked on the GDPR docs for a medium-sized business that builds learning management systems for corporate customers (about 100 live systems + dev and testing platforms where we are a processor of their personal data), it took about 3 weeks-worth of time to re-audit our platforms, complete a more detailed risk/impact assessment and write this all up together with some procedures for handling enquiries. Yes it took time, and we went the extra mile with diagrams and tables because the docs are customer-facing, but handled in a timely fashion, GDPR compliance is not a brick wall to business continuity. If a business already has in place a baseline level of good information security practice, GDPR compliance is not that hard.

consp 8y ago
Also, needing to have a DPO is not difficult since he already has one employee, himself. It's not ISO2700x, you don't need to fiddle around with rights in small businesses to make sure it fits the narrow perspective of a standardization and exclusiveness.
- hanspeter 8y ago
  The DPO cannot be himself.
  - midasz 8y ago
    Source?
  - DanBC 8y ago
    He doesn't need a DPO.
lagadu 8y ago
> * We've known about the GDPR for around 2 years. 6 years, it's a 2012 directive.

pavelludiq 8y ago

Similar laws have been on the books in most if not all EU countries for literally decades. How Americans can be blind sighted by the way things have been for years is absolutely beyond me.

Moru 8y ago
This is exactly why we get GDPR. Usually what happens when rules and guidelines are not followed, there will be stricter rules with higher penalty.

DanBC 8y ago

Except in this case the Vogons already visited you 15 years ago to tell you about the e-privacy directive and 20 years ago to tell you about the data protection directives.