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Honest question: How did GDPR gloss over it? That law is just as applicable to government as to business? And we have both GDPR and transparancy laws to aid tho
by wjnc 7y ago
Honest question: How did GDPR gloss over it? That law is just as applicable to government as to business? And we have both GDPR and transparancy laws to aid those willing to search for transgressions. Only nit I know of is that fines to the government are fines to the public, with less of a possibility to shop elsewhere or the firm to face consequences from say shareholders (in extreme: a high fine means higher taxes).
- ovi256 7y ago>just as applicable to government as to business That's a very optimistic reading of GDPR. In practice, LEO agencies legal counsel has to write them a compliance rationale doc supporting their need to use private data and that's it. I bet activists are gearing up to challenge some of those rationales in courts but those will be speed bumps at most. It's hard to see the judiciary constraining the powers that law enforcement traditionally had. I know of some Romanian park rangers who temporarily lost their fining powers until their GDPR compliance gets sorted out - they're low priority compared to other LEO agencies. It's funny to think that people degrading natural parks is a consequence of GDPR, yet here we are. Unless you have some specific LEO capability you wish GDPR eliminated, it's hard to see GDPR as anything else than an compliance burden on government agencies.
- buboard 7y agoThe gdpr explicitly allows member states to override crucial articles for purposes of public security etc There is also a sense of immunity, since a state fining itself doesnt cost them anything. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-23-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-23-gdpr/