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"Breach" feels weird in these circumstances, that sounds like they accidentally failed to protect the data of their employees. But it's quite the opposite, the
by luckylion 6y ago
"Breach" feels weird in these circumstances, that sounds like they accidentally failed to protect the data of their employees.
But it's quite the opposite, they intentionally collected data on their employees that they were not legally allowed to.
- dgellow 6y agoA breach of contract doesn't imply that the action is accidental. I believe that's the same for breach of data protection regulations.
- luckylion 6y agoYou're right, "breach" just has a second meaning when it comes to IT and data [1] that describes a more passive role (somebody breached their security and copied data) while they've been caught in a very active role: intentionally breaking the law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_breach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_breach
- lmkg 6y agoIt's a breach of GDPR, which is not the same as being a data breach under GDPR. And by "not the same" I mean like 99.5% disjoint.