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These are separate Things with some overlap. A Saas company that does nothing fishy with users data, may still be concerned with the harsh, company destroying
by Ensorceled 8y ago
These are separate Things with some overlap.
A Saas company that does nothing fishy with users data, may still be concerned with the harsh, company destroying penalties associated with GDPR. Indeed there have been dozens of discussions on HN about this. It may be FUD, but it’s real.
The other people are doing terrible things.
Please don’t assert the people in the first group are actually in the second.
- TAForObvReasons 8y agoIt's probably better stated as: > The people doing terrible things are trying to convince other companies that they will be destroyed by the GDPR
- Ensorceled 8y agoPerhaps. But the large fines are a concern without too much prompting from the problem companies. Not saying the GDPR is bad, I’d personally like to see it applied every where.
- bsder 8y agoOkay, so what was Ragnarok Online doing that it had to shut down?
- seszett 8y agoWho knows? Probably fishy things, what other explanation is there?
- bsder 8y agoHow about: Not making enough money to actually update the codebase. You can be doing good, normal things and still not be compliant with the law.
- DoveBrown 8y agoWhat good things can you be doing with my stored data that you don't need to run your service?
- InitialLastName 8y agoAs I understand it, the law was passed because the representatives of the people of europe saw a misalignment between "normal" and "good" and decided to enforce it.
- pjc50 8y agoMisinterpreting the rules?
- seszett 8y ago> harsh, company destroying penalties associated with GDPR These are entirely imagined, most likely by Americans spreading FUD, or people interpreting the terms "maximum fine" as a minimum fine.
- mattnewton 8y agoWhen it’s a largely opaque foreign regulator deciding where on the scale your fine will be I’d argue it’s irresponsible to consider anything less than the maximum when doing cost-benefit analysis.