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I believe you can complain to your local data commissioner, eg https://ico.org.uk https://ico.org.uk. They should cover this and the right to have an automated

I believe you can complain to your local data commissioner, eg https://ico.org.uk https://ico.org.uk. They should cover this and the right to have an automated decision reviewed manually.

noja 5y ago
.uk is not European
- dbetteridge 5y ago
  Not the EU* Unless I'm mistaken the UK hasn't drifted off and become and independent island chain separate from Europe
  - shlurpy 5y ago
    European means different things in different contexts. Sometimes it is used as the adjective form of EU member state. Discussion of an aarticle in which Germany is calling for a Eurpean ban is such a context, since that is the form the title is using.
    - vinay427 5y ago
      It doesn’t help that this has been codified into the names of various organizations, like the Council of Europe (ECHR, etc.), EEA, EU, and others that all refer to different subsets of countries on the continent. I suppose this renders any straightforward alternative relatively limited in scope even if a term to refer to one of these memberships was agreed upon.
    - brigandish 5y ago
      > Sometimes it is used as the adjective form of EU member state. Sometimes people make mistakes, sometimes outright errors. Sometimes people use language to push ideas they like, such as "the EU is Europe" and thus not being a part of the EU is somehow an offence against nature. I'm not sure why these mistakes, errors, and mendacities should go unchallenged and uncorrected. Every use of "Europe" in that article could be replaced with "EU" and it would be the better for it.
  - disabled 5y ago
    People outside the EU do not realize this: “Not European” is used colloquially by people in the European Union to refer to EU countries, institutions, etc.
    - mrweasel 5y ago
      Many countries/languages use versions of “The US” and USA to avoid confusing the US with America. So it’s only reasonable that we make the distinction for Europe and the EU. The problem is the there’s no specific term for the people living in either the US or the EU, so we “wrongly” use Americans and European.
      - disabled 5y ago
        European Union citizens and United States citizens are an extremely heterogeneous group of people, which is the situation at hand. Besides being a citizen, there is truly no shared identity in this situation. Note: I say this as both a US|EU citizen.
    - zarzavat 5y ago
      In my experience it's mostly people outside of Europe who confuse the EU with Europe, whereas Europeans are less likely to make that error.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    > Unless I'm mistaken the UK hasn't drifted off and become and independent island chain separate from Europe Some would argue that's exactly what happened but your point is valid, EU != 'Europe the continent'. The problem is that such imprecise usage is rampant.
emteycz 5y ago
At least it's not up for grabs by the EU as easily there

I believe you can complain to your local data commissioner, eg https://ico.org.uk https://ico.org.uk. They should cover this and the right to have an automated decision reviewed manually.

noja 5y ago

.uk is not European

dbetteridge 5y ago
Not the EU* Unless I'm mistaken the UK hasn't drifted off and become and independent island chain separate from Europe
- shlurpy 5y ago
  European means different things in different contexts. Sometimes it is used as the adjective form of EU member state. Discussion of an aarticle in which Germany is calling for a Eurpean ban is such a context, since that is the form the title is using.
  - vinay427 5y ago
    It doesn’t help that this has been codified into the names of various organizations, like the Council of Europe (ECHR, etc.), EEA, EU, and others that all refer to different subsets of countries on the continent. I suppose this renders any straightforward alternative relatively limited in scope even if a term to refer to one of these memberships was agreed upon.
  - brigandish 5y ago
    > Sometimes it is used as the adjective form of EU member state. Sometimes people make mistakes, sometimes outright errors. Sometimes people use language to push ideas they like, such as "the EU is Europe" and thus not being a part of the EU is somehow an offence against nature. I'm not sure why these mistakes, errors, and mendacities should go unchallenged and uncorrected. Every use of "Europe" in that article could be replaced with "EU" and it would be the better for it.
- disabled 5y ago
  People outside the EU do not realize this: “Not European” is used colloquially by people in the European Union to refer to EU countries, institutions, etc.
  - mrweasel 5y ago
    Many countries/languages use versions of “The US” and USA to avoid confusing the US with America. So it’s only reasonable that we make the distinction for Europe and the EU. The problem is the there’s no specific term for the people living in either the US or the EU, so we “wrongly” use Americans and European.
    - disabled 5y ago
      European Union citizens and United States citizens are an extremely heterogeneous group of people, which is the situation at hand. Besides being a citizen, there is truly no shared identity in this situation. Note: I say this as both a US|EU citizen.
  - zarzavat 5y ago
    In my experience it's mostly people outside of Europe who confuse the EU with Europe, whereas Europeans are less likely to make that error.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  > Unless I'm mistaken the UK hasn't drifted off and become and independent island chain separate from Europe Some would argue that's exactly what happened but your point is valid, EU != 'Europe the continent'. The problem is that such imprecise usage is rampant.

emteycz 5y ago

At least it's not up for grabs by the EU as easily there