7 ms·
> Furthermore, the law specifies that local officials can send cross-border orders to make tech firms remove content or provide access to information, wherever
by danielfoster 6y ago
> Furthermore, the law specifies that local officials can send cross-border orders to make tech firms remove content or provide access to information, wherever their EU headquarter is based.
The article goes on to give an example of how Amsterdam could use the law to request earnings data for local hosts from Airbnb.
The way the BBC explains it, this law would give EU governments ready access to user data with no oversight.
This represents a huge loss of privacy and freedom for EU residents.
- dane-pgp 6y agoHaving Dutch law apply to the owners of Dutch property doesn't seem like a huge government overreach. If, however, the law ends up giving the Dutch government information about, for example, Estonian freelancers, then there would be reason to complain. The "smell test" for this will be whether the person whose data is accessed is allowed to be informed by the service provider when a government request comes in, and from which government, and why.
- M2Ys4U 6y agoThese Regulations are explicitly without prejudice to data protection legislation, including the GDPR and LED. In other words, if there's a conflict between the GDPR and the DSM then the GDPR prevails.