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>It is not difficult to avoid storing data you don't need. Access logs for one thing are pretty unreasonable to force people to avoid storing. >Existing syste
by jimmaswell 8y ago
>It is not difficult to avoid storing data you don't need.
Access logs for one thing are pretty unreasonable to force people to avoid storing.
>Existing systems were built on the assumption that "misappropriating" PII was a lucrative thing to do. This led to abuse from the industry.
Can you point out a specific example of somebody suffering actual damages from this "abuse?"
- Dylan16807 8y ago> Access logs for one thing are pretty unreasonable to force people to avoid storing. Store them for a limited time, it's not hard.
- jimmaswell 8y agoNot "hard" for us, no, even if an unnecessary burden. Now go make some small veterinary clinic with no "computer person" on hand, with a small website they had set up years ago that lets you schedule appointments, figure all this out. They'll probably either stay uncompliant or have to drop the website.
- Dylan16807 8y agoThat's a shame, but it's a side effect of anything ever that requires an update. Any small business commissioning a site in 2019 will get something that's compliant, so it's not like this is a permanent drain. Sometimes it's important to update regulations, despite the inertia of existing implementations.
- jimmaswell 8y agoThis attitude reminds me of a quote: "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make."
- Dylan16807 8y agoBetter than the idea that we can never change any law because someone will have to adjust to it.
- xevb3k 8y agoRunning a single server for a small business is hard anyway they’re occasionally going to need support. As the first offense only seems to result in a warning, they have a chance to figure things out. Then is asking their webdev to schedule a cron job to delete logs really such a burden?
- grive 8y agoCambridge analytica is a good example. I guess considering this abuse may be different from a US customer point of view, but for my european sensibility, this is definitely abuse. Furthermore, that Facebook could harvest ghost profiles that could be used in this manner is problematic. I think it is certainly possible to find cases of identity theft resulting from PII that were leaked in security breaches, made easier by overreaching data collection.