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They didn't say warnings were required, they said that warnings were the norm. Sadly, it appears that warnings are not the norm. When you organize the data o

• cyphar 7y ago
  Ignoring that we don't know how complete the one-paragraph summaries of the cases are (many of the links are not in English) -- how is looking at the top 10 largest fines a fair sample? Surely taking 10 random samples is a much better selection? It seems possible that the largest fines were for the most severe transgressions, or for companies that are large enough to know better. In fact, the topmost example of Google's Android penalty is a prime example of both factors. So it's possible there is a statistical bias for larger fines to be for more severe cases where warnings make less sense.
  • Rockslide 7y ago
    This, and of course the list doesn't include those cases, where there was only a warning, and never a fine.