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it's only a violation IF the authorities think it's a violation. they decide the fine, if any at all.
by merb 8y ago
it's only a violation IF the authorities think it's a violation. they decide the fine, if any at all.
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- akvadrako 8y agoThat's getting very philosophical. If a tree breaks a regulation in the forest and no agency is around to issue a fine, was it a violation?
- nradov 8y agoThere's no philosophy here. That's literally how regulations work.
- mikejb 8y agoYou include the "breaks a regulation" in the premise, whilst in this GDPR case it is what has to be established. The accuser doesn't get to determine guilt.
- diffeomorphism 8y agoNo it wasn't because "innocent until proven guilty" applies. At the moment there only is an accusation of a violation.
- gpderetta 8y agoit is not a criminal procedure though.
- ssalka 8y agoMaybe, but in this case there are millions (billions?) of people that can attest to Google's practices.
- mikejb 8y agoThey can attest to practices, they cannot determine whether it's a violation.
- skybrian 8y agoThere are probably millions of people with negative opinions about Google. The number of people who understand both Google's practices and the GDPR well enough to write a complaint is probably a lot lower. Most people just use Internet services to get things done, rather than experimenting with them enough to know how they work. And they believe rumors.
- acct1771 8y agoDon't worry, the story's worse than the Luddite rumors anyway.