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“...there’s a lot of misinformation about GDPR out there on the web” It sounds like your lawyer is telling you not to add to that misinformation. Also, you alr
by nihonde 7y ago
“...there’s a lot of misinformation about GDPR out there on the web”
It sounds like your lawyer is telling you not to add to that misinformation. Also, you already said this deck is based on advice from counsel, so you’re maybe dragging them into an endorsement, and there are strict ethical rules about what lawyers can opine about to non-clients.
Anyway, GDPR is not that hard to understand. Just read the source materials. It’s one of the least-difficult legal texts you can take on.
Also, why bother? Like the EU directive before it, there won’t be any meaningful enforcement of these rules. A few examples will be made, but you’ll need to be woefully unlucky to be one of those.
I wish I weren’t so cynical but I’ve been following this area since 1997. It’s just an excuse for lawyers and consultants to rack up fees through careful manipulation of FUD. The intentions of the lawmakers are good, I’m sure, but laws without truly vigilant enforcement are eventually flaunted.
(IAAL but not your lawyer.)
- nihonde 7y agoI’m being downvoted, but the article itself confirms that a huge, wasteful amount of time and money has been thrown down the drain by people who could otherwise just have read the original text: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5419-2016-INIT/en/pdf http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5419-2016-IN...