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The filthy rich often don't care about the social externalities of their corrosive businesses because their wealth insulates them from the harm they cause. Don

The filthy rich often don't care about the social externalities of their corrosive businesses because their wealth insulates them from the harm they cause. Don't waste your empathy on Facebook executives.

aerosmile 6y ago
Sure, there is a certain number of people out there with more money than is perhaps justifiable. So go ahead and address that. That has nothing to do with imposing regulation on everyone. What does being filthy rich have to do with running a small business, working really hard to make ends meet, and then having to pay $10k to comply with GDPR? What a wonderful idea - let's stick it to Facebook by requiring millions of small businesses around the world to comply with something that most small businesses cannot accomplish on their own. And no, 99.99999% of those businesses are not selling anyone's data, but instead they are simply selling and shipping physical goods using... you guessed it - their customers' personally identifiable information [0], which is so horrible and should be strictly regulated so we can sue those businesses and force them into bankruptcy lest they spend time and money working on this "filthy rich people" trap. [0] https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/shipping-and-mailing/case-studies/mailers-gdpr-compliance.html https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/shipping-and-mailing/case-stu... "You may collect much of that data digitally, but the minute you print it on a piece of paper and mail it to a customer, you have to make sure you have the customer’s permission to communicate about that information with them, and that you’re adequately protecting their data in the process."
- disgruntledphd2 6y ago
  Can you provide evidence for your claimed $10k to comply with GDPR? Every time I see details of the survellience industry in the US, I get more and more greatful for GDPR.
  - aerosmile 6y ago
    That was the exact quote we received (and paid) from redcloveradvisors.com. We had one other quote that was in the same range.
    - disgruntledphd2 6y ago
      OK, that makes more sense (I thought that was the technical cost, rather than consulting cost).

aerosmile 6y ago

Sure, there is a certain number of people out there with more money than is perhaps justifiable. So go ahead and address that. That has nothing to do with imposing regulation on everyone. What does being filthy rich have to do with running a small business, working really hard to make ends meet, and then having to pay $10k to comply with GDPR? What a wonderful idea - let's stick it to Facebook by requiring millions of small businesses around the world to comply with something that most small businesses cannot accomplish on their own. And no, 99.99999% of those businesses are not selling anyone's data, but instead they are simply selling and shipping physical goods using... you guessed it - their customers' personally identifiable information [0], which is so horrible and should be strictly regulated so we can sue those businesses and force them into bankruptcy lest they spend time and money working on this "filthy rich people" trap. [0] https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/shipping-and-mailing/case-studies/mailers-gdpr-compliance.html https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/shipping-and-mailing/case-stu... "You may collect much of that data digitally, but the minute you print it on a piece of paper and mail it to a customer, you have to make sure you have the customer’s permission to communicate about that information with them, and that you’re adequately protecting their data in the process."

disgruntledphd2 6y ago
Can you provide evidence for your claimed $10k to comply with GDPR? Every time I see details of the survellience industry in the US, I get more and more greatful for GDPR.
- aerosmile 6y ago
  That was the exact quote we received (and paid) from redcloveradvisors.com. We had one other quote that was in the same range.
  - disgruntledphd2 6y ago
    OK, that makes more sense (I thought that was the technical cost, rather than consulting cost).