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There's no "of course" needed - for example, in Europe the GDPR also applies to government institutions. There's an exception that allows you to process data if
by PeterisP 7y ago
There's no "of course" needed - for example, in Europe the GDPR also applies to government institutions. There's an exception that allows you to process data if it's necessary to fulfil the requirements some other law (doh), and for most gov't institutions there are explicit laws and regulations saying what (and how) they must do; but other than that they have all the same restrictions on data processing as private institutions.
So if the new California privacy legislation is being abused by certain government institutions, that's not an unavoidable situation, and the voters should keep pressure on their representatives to amend these laws and change that.
- sib 7y agoI think that the "of course" was intended more as an ironic or even fatalistic comment that the government wouldn't _want_ to hold itself to the same standards as those eeeevil corporations, rather than implying that it shouldn't do so.
- PeterisP 7y agoGovernment is not a single entity with shared interests. Often the elected lawmakers do want to hold all the bureaucrats in the many government institutions accountable and light their butts on fire for any transgressions - after all, people using the DMV have much more votes than DMV officials.