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I am asking for something more general than GDPR. And I guess the worst case isn't what I am looking for either (since that would just be "fullest extent of the

by zawerf 8y ago

I am asking for something more general than GDPR. And I guess the worst case isn't what I am looking for either (since that would just be "fullest extent of the law"). I am trying to see what people would actually litigate over and from what I've read it seems like GDPR only applies to larger companies or pretty egregious behaviors. I want to get a sense of the EXPECTED financial damage versus the cost of full compliance. This is just random side projects and it will take longer to understand the legalese than to code it! For example I am sure people often misuse open-sourced licenses, forget to pay for rights to use images or fonts, forget to register at copyright office for DMCA safe harbor, etc. But the cost for all of these is not the same. Open source license misuse only matters once you get pretty big and get on their radar. But misusing a Getty Image has a 100% chance of being fined since they scan the web for unlicensed use.

enyone 8y ago
One additional question?; are you referring on to a case where you have not met the regulations (from the perspective of the information and options you give to your end-users) and authoritative entity comes to you with warning which you are not going to notice -OR- are you referring on to a case where personal user data is stored and used without end-user explicit consent and/or knowledge and/or that data "leakage" has caused/will probably cause in the future real damage to this user
- zawerf 8y ago
  The first case but I am not worried about anything where they "warn" you first. So despite the timing my question isn't GDPR specific. I am mostly worried about cases where you just get sent a settlement letter or a fine. There's a sue-happy litigation-for-profit culture in America.
enyone 8y ago
OK, I got it now. How improbable that this is not mainly GDPR related question with this timing :) Still my mistake, sorry. So the main scope is with IPR and 3rd party licensing matters and GDPR is just another additional side track. Not commenting about first two. Let me know if still some concerns in GDPR scope as I've been working too heavily with it within last months.

by zawerf 8y ago

enyone 8y ago

One additional question?; are you referring on to a case where you have not met the regulations (from the perspective of the information and options you give to your end-users) and authoritative entity comes to you with warning which you are not going to notice -OR- are you referring on to a case where personal user data is stored and used without end-user explicit consent and/or knowledge and/or that data "leakage" has caused/will probably cause in the future real damage to this user

zawerf 8y ago
The first case but I am not worried about anything where they "warn" you first. So despite the timing my question isn't GDPR specific. I am mostly worried about cases where you just get sent a settlement letter or a fine. There's a sue-happy litigation-for-profit culture in America.

enyone 8y ago

OK, I got it now. How improbable that this is not mainly GDPR related question with this timing :) Still my mistake, sorry. So the main scope is with IPR and 3rd party licensing matters and GDPR is just another additional side track. Not commenting about first two. Let me know if still some concerns in GDPR scope as I've been working too heavily with it within last months.