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I think the EU is right to take a serious attitude to data privacy even if it doesn't always get it exactly right. These are new issues and the other approach i
by s_dev 7y ago
I think the EU is right to take a serious attitude to data privacy even if it doesn't always get it exactly right. These are new issues and the other approach is the the US approach which means tolerating the likes of Equifax et al data breaches with no real compensation or recourse. So I'd take the EU apprach with its flaws over the US approach with its flaws.
- tantalor 7y agoRight to be Forgotten has nothing to do with data privacy
- hartator 7y agoIt is part of the gdpr law.
- danShumway 7y agoIs it? My understanding is the Right to Be Forgotten predates GDPR by a fairly long period.
- Grumbledour 7y agoThe law just seems to target the problem much too late in the chain of events. For example, in Germany, people have a right to anonymity, that forbids newspapers to identify persons (print full names, photos, addresses) unless making them public would be in the public interest. While this isn't perfect and of course open to interpretation, it seems to me that having privacy protections (and due process where they fail) is much better lawmaking than trying the fix things down the road when the privacy is already breached. Especially if the fixes are this ham-fisted.