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Both GDPR and this were intended to hurt American tech giants. However the people pushing this have very little understanding of how internet works so it would
by zavi 8y ago
Both GDPR and this were intended to hurt American tech giants. However the people pushing this have very little understanding of how internet works so it would certainly have the opposite effect. The grim reality is that deregulation is the only sure way to help homegrown startups compete against the incumbents but you cannot push for deregulation without losing your entire political base in Europe.
- DanBC 8y ago> GDPR [...] were intended to hurt American tech giants. GDPR builds on previous EU privacy regulation, some of which has existed long before the US tech giants. Here's the Council of Europe's Convention number 108, introduced in 1981. https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/108 https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventio... Hesse, Germany,introduced data protection law in 1970. Sweden introduced national law in 1973. Germany in 1977 and France in 1978. The OECD introduced guidelines in 1980. The Council of Europe had Convention No 108 in 1981. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tyfYCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=first+eu+data+protection+law&source=bl&ots=yzEW158v_F&sig=DLvkrUYl3xjuOWg4WlRdV9HTwuw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKooyn87XdAhXLbVAKHeKXCucQ6AEwAXoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=first%20eu%20data%20protection%20law&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tyfYCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&lpg...
- eli 8y agoThat it was built on previous regulations doesn't necessarily disprove that the GDPR was intended to target Facebook & Google.
- ionised 8y agoNothing proves that it was targeted at them either. This opinion only ever seems voiced by Americans offended that their darling tech megacorps be subjected to any law or regulation that isn't American.