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hysteria? Google, Facebook, et al had billions of dollars worth of complaints filed against them the first day it took effect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item
by rgbrenner 8y ago
hysteria? Google, Facebook, et al had billions of dollars worth of complaints filed against them the first day it took effect.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17154175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17154175
And those same groups filed against LinkedIn, Apple, and Amazon too: https://www.zdnet.com/article/gdpr-attacks-first-google-facebook-now-activists-go-after-apple-amazon-linkedin/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/gdpr-attacks-first-google-face...
It sounds to me like the critics of the law were right. Instapaper pulling out before it took affect was a good move if they weren't ready. The cases were filed minutes after the law took affect.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoAs Google and Facebook's entire business models are built on invading your privacy, which both the UN and the EU classify as a violation of fundamental human rights, is it wrong that they are receiving complaints as soon as it is legal to file them? UN, Article 12: http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ EU, Article 8: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:120...
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- Someone1234 8y agoThey had two years notice to be in compliance.
- rgbrenner 8y agoGoogle says they’ve been working on it for 18 months. And they obviously also have a large legal team available.. and they’ve said they believe they’re in compliance. So this isn’t about preparing for gdpr... it’s about whether googles interpretation of it is correct.