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Then wtf is the point of GDPR if nobody will be sued for violating it?
by lajhsdfkl 8y ago
Then wtf is the point of GDPR if nobody will be sued for violating it?
- ascorbic 8y agoThe point is to make companies stop misusing data. The fines are the teeth for if they don't stop.
- lajhsdfkl 8y agoSo I should be afraid of litigation?
- annabellish 8y agoNo. The only reason anybody will be fined is if: a) They are doing the thing we have collectively decided is bad for society (misusing personal data) b) Do nothing about this when somebody invokes one of their new legal rights, whether that be to retrieve the data you have on them or remove the data you no longer have a grounds under any of the six legal basises to store (which includes 'consent', which can be revoked, as well as five other bases which cannot be revoked but have more limited scope with what you can do with the data) c) Be reported for this d) Refuse to work with the compliance group At this point, judging by how the EU has historically used fines as an enforcement mechanism, you're looking at a small fine designed as a wakeup call. The 20 million EUR figure (or % of revenue) is a _cap_, not a floor, and the EU has never gone for maximum fines except when it is obviously required to enforce compliance.
- dang 8y agoYou've posted dozens of comments in GDPR flamewars. This sort of high-quantity, low-quality controversy quickly gets extremely repetitive and thus is off topic in addition to breaking the site guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). Since that's all this account has done and we don't allow single-purpose accounts here, I've banned it. Please don't create accounts to do this with.