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This is not a strategy to introduce a national privacy standard. This is a strategy to introduce a national standard of no privacy. "Principle #1: The interne
by outside1234 5y ago
This is not a strategy to introduce a national privacy standard.
This is a strategy to introduce a national standard of no privacy.
"Principle #1: The internet does not stop at state lines, so why should one state set the standard for the rest of the country?"
then later
"Principle #4: We must also protect small businesses and innovation. We know that in Europe, investments in startups are down more than 40% since their data protection and privacy law—the General Data Protection Regulation—went into effect. We must guard against a similar situation here. We want small businesses hiring coders and engineers, not lawyers."
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- babyshake 5y agoAs suspicious as I am of their intentions, I also would like a world where small businesses do not need to hire lawyers. As in, I think privacy regulations and other regulations are best if the amount of work requires is proportional to your market capitalization. Of course, with lobbying things end up going in the exact opposite direction usually.
- outside1234 5y agoYou don't need to hire a lawyer to understand GDPR. That is just something they tacked on the end there to add a boogeyman to their argument that everyone hates.
- lostcolony 5y agoI would like a world where no one needed to hire lawyers. The law should be understandable to the average citizen sufficiently that they can ensure they are adhering to it. This is not that world.
- meragrin_ 5y ago> The law should be understandable to the average citizen sufficiently that they can ensure they are adhering to it. Don't forget it being short enough for the average person to be able to have time to read it.
- HappySweeney 5y agoThis cannot happen, as any system good enough to handle all edge cases will be too complex for a layman to easily understand.
- lostcolony 5y agoPer my post, "This is not that world. "
- vadfa 5y agoAnd this is why Europe will never tear down America's hegemony.
- lottospm 5y ago> "Principle #4: We must also protect small businesses and innovation. We know that in Europe, investments in startups are down more than 40% since their data protection and privacy law—the General Data Protection Regulation—went into effect. We must guard against a similar situation here. We want small businesses hiring coders and engineers, not lawyers." I can't find it, but I remember just seeing a headline on HN that European startup investments were at an all-time high. First relevant search hits were [1], [2], I did not fact-check those. [1] https://news.crunchbase.com/news/european-vc-funding-h1-2021/ https://news.crunchbase.com/news/european-vc-funding-h1-2021... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/18/european-start-up-investment-smashes-2020-record-in-first-six-months.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/18/european-start-up-investment...
- outside1234 5y agoYou are probably right. One of the "go-to moves" of the Republicans is to find some bad thing that happened in Europe and claim we "don't want that!" even if takes quoting a small three week window in August when "investments were down 40%" because everyone was on vacation.
- leereeves 5y agoStrangely, the largest (by far) European IPO cited in the first link is UiPath, whose HQ is in New York, NY (according to the article). https://2utfff4d3dkt3biit53nsvep-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021Q2_Europe_IPO-1536x827.jpg https://2utfff4d3dkt3biit53nsvep-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...
- sofixa 5y agoSadly many European companies open offices, move HQs and eventually IPO in the US, due to much more abundant funding. O