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What's stopping people from robbing you at gunpoint? The law. GDPR is specific about consent and the purpose of collecting data. It's simply illegal to feed the
by mmcnl 5y ago
What's stopping people from robbing you at gunpoint? The law. GDPR is specific about consent and the purpose of collecting data. It's simply illegal to feed the data to marketers.
- slipframe 5y agoIf somebody robs me at gunpoint, I immediately know it happened. I can report it to the police, who will take the report seriously. If the police catch the guy (which is likely if he's a serial offender), the prosecutor will take it seriously. If convicted, the offender will go to prison for years. If a company violates privacy laws, I will not immediately know it happened. If I don't know it happened then I can't report it to the police, but even if I did, the police probably won't take it seriously. And prosecutors going after corporations? Even if that happens it will doubtlessly take many years for the court case to reach any conclusion. If convicted, the corporation will receive a fine that is a fraction of what it would take to put them out of business. The executives won't go to prison. The practical differences between these two scenarios are substantial.