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> Essentially, small companies and startups that break the law are left to the whims of bunch of bureaucrats. Fixed that for you. There's a way for small compa
by Angostura 8y ago
> Essentially, small companies and startups that break the law are left to the whims of bunch of bureaucrats.
Fixed that for you. There's a way for small companies to avoid this - take your user's data security at least slightly seriously
- thanosnose 8y agoSo sad to see reddit leaking into HN. > There's a way for small companies to avoid this - take your user's data security at least slightly seriously No kidding. My point wasn't about that. My point is that the bureaucrats chose not to apply the law - "Looks like the fine was almost a bit too low in this case..." AKA leaving the fines/punishment to the whims of bureaucrats. If even the bureaucrats are refusing to enforce the law correctly, it usually implies that there is something wrong with the law.
- majewsky 8y ago> If even the bureaucrats are refusing to enforce the law correctly The law says "up to [that much of a fine]", not "exactly [that much of a fine]".
- thanosnose 8y agoAKA, "up to the whims of a bureaucrat"? My god the pro-GPDR brigade is running wild.
- ceejayoz 8y agoThere are very few punishments in Western democracies not subject to some level of judgement call. Until we've got AIs, questions like "was this deliberate" and "how much non-monetary harm was caused" will require a human (or group of them) to make a call.
- kiriakasis 8y agoAnd even with the most perfect AIs we should still a lot of human judgement
- yifanl 8y agoAny time a decision is made, it's up to the whims of somebody. What you're saying wouldn't make sense even if we had technical means to deterministically decide everything.