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> What were the lawyers doing all that time before then? IT techs here have been training for GDPR for the four years since the law was first designed. wow, an
by wooter 8y ago
> What were the lawyers doing all that time before then? IT techs here have been training for GDPR for the four years since the law was first designed.
wow, and people claim this won't just destroy totally innocent startups.
- gcthomas 8y agoAny business trading internationally has to have a care over the regulatory environment of the target country. Why is internet trading any different? What I meant by the 'four years' comment was not that it takes that long to train, but that GDPR has been included in the training for that long. A four year run-up is plenty long enough for even start-ups to get themselves up to speed and design their systems for privacy by design.
- wooter 8y agospoken like someone who's never started a company. > "What were the lawyers doing all that time before then?" what lawyers? do you realize that compliance, proving compliance, and implementing mandated features are completely separate tasks with cumulative costs? even if you aren't doing anything with the data? > Any business trading internationally has to have a care over the regulatory environment of the target country. Why is internet trading any different? bad, stifling, preemptive regulation is bad regulation in any industry. why is internet trading any different?
- gcthomas 8y agoI was in discussion with a poster who was working for a company structured "in a bunch of verticals with a lot of different systems that can't all be made to talk to one another". Don't you think that size of company would have a lawyer somewhere?
- Matticus_Rex 8y ago22 people, no lawyers. And even if we did, the vast majority of lawyers have no knowledge of Privacy. Legal background helps, but a CIPP/E is better.