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This is what pisses me off the most about all the hysteria and whining: "The law has been in effect for over two years at this point, and the DPD, the European

This is what pisses me off the most about all the hysteria and whining: "The law has been in effect for over two years at this point, and the DPD, the European Data Protection Directive has been in effect for over two decades. So no, this law was not sprung on anybody, though it is very well possible that you only became aware of it a few weeks or months (or days?) ago. If that’s the case do not panic, you too will most likely be fine." Nevermind the fact that the underlying privacy laws are much older, and so many practices were already essentially illegal but went unchallenged so far.

aeorgnoieang 8y ago
> > The law has been in effect for over two years at this point So what's this whole thing that's going to happen soon? It's going into double effect or something?
- SomeGermanGuy 8y ago
  The law was made public two years ago, to give companies time to get compliant. It actually goes into effect next friday.
  - jacquesm 8y ago
    It was already in effect, it just wasn't enforceable and that is what is changing next Friday.
    - taysic 8y ago
      In effect but not enforceable means its not in effect in a way that matters to anyone.
SomeGermanGuy 8y ago
Because nobody gave a duck, because there was no fine (or they were laughable). Now that we have a single law for a 500 million customer market with a substantial fine, things start to shift to the better.