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> Let's not kid ourselves, the main reason EU is pushing against them so easily is that they're not European so they have nothing to lose. Data protection in t
by ckastner 6y ago
> Let's not kid ourselves, the main reason EU is pushing against them so easily is that they're not European so they have nothing to lose.
Data protection in the EU goes back to before Facebook was even founded. Google was still a small startup. The GDPR was just the next iteration of it.
In any case, even if that were the case, then recognizing the right to one's own data as a fundamental right would just be an empty pretext.
> See how little resistance from the EU, VW and other EU major car manufacturers faced with emission cheating/scandals and the amount of lobbying they do.
It's possible for someone to do well in one area, and to perform badly in another.
As a counterpoint, the GDPR has been enforced just as strongly against European banks, for example.
Edit: here you go, the first EU incarnation that recognizes the rights of individual to their data, published in October 1995 (when none of these tech giants even existed):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A31995L0046 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A...