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Ironically, in a way similar to most legislation, GDPR will mostly benefit the largest tech companies at the expense of small startups that may eventually compe
by jamiequint 8y ago
Ironically, in a way similar to most legislation, GDPR will mostly benefit the largest tech companies at the expense of small startups that may eventually compete with them. Google, FB, et al have endless amounts of resources to comply with and litigate legislation like GDPR, whereas it's a substantial cost to smaller companies to do the same.
- icebraining 8y agoWhich is why the GDPR has a reduced level of obligations for companies under 250 employees (see article 30).
- yeahforsureman 8y agoNot really. You're talking about an exception to only one obligation (record-keeping). And even that is relevant only where the processing is "not occasional".
- icebraining 8y agoA small company is also less likely to need a DPO.
- lotu 8y agoWhen Instagram was bought by Facebook I think it had 13 employees. Would they not of had to comply with GDPR then?
- icebraining 8y agoEveryone has to comply with the GDPR, it's just that bigger companies have extra requirements to fulfill.
- vxNsr 8y agoSimilarly, Whatsapp had 55 at the time of the purchase.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoIronically, the only companies who talk about how GDPR will help big companies and hurt small ones is... big companies. (It was uttered by a Googler in Congress today!) Of course, this makes no sense, why would all these big tech companies be campaigning against a law that would allegedly help them. It's because it's a lie.
- blub 8y agoThe point of the law is to protect EU citizens, not support business. Lamenting about the fate of small businesses is getting tiresome, especially when said businesses are one dime a dozen startups whose ultimate goal on their wonderful journey is to get sold and make the founders rich.
- bepotts 8y agoNa, it was meant to reign in a group of companies the European establishment doesn't like under the guise of "EU citizens privacy". It's as transparent as Republicans wanting to speak to Google about "bias".
- diminoten 8y agoThe problem with this thought is that small businesses help EU citizens, and making it harder for the businesses to do that means the EU citizens are indeed being harmed. All that assuming GDPR actually does harm businesses, which is definitely debatable. I just don't think "fuck businesses" is the right stance to take, because it doesn't account for the benefits businesses provide to their customers.