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Yes and No. Yes in that people already have that agency to sue. I'm sure you've heard of a class action lawsuits. No in that I don't approve of the GDPR presc
by Dracophoenix 5y ago
Yes and No.
Yes in that people already have that agency to sue. I'm sure you've heard of a class action lawsuits.
No in that I don't approve of the GDPR prescribing what constitutes a privacy violation rather than leaving such deliberations to contracts and courts.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThe law prescribes what constitutes an IP violation. Contracts and courts didnt invent the concept of copyright. You benefit from the privilidge granted to you by law.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoWhile I'll grant you that copyright is a privilege granted by government, copyright is not the only form of IP protection and not all of them are treated in the same way. I will also add that what constitutes an IP violation is determined by the particular claims of the rights-holder with respect to the wording of license/contract in question. Those violations are not predetermined "defaults" set up by legislation. The GDPR, on the other hand, presupposes a global positive right to privacy irrespective of national sovereignty or contractual agreement to the contrary and that any alleged violation from any point on the planet carries with it a presumption of guilt. A regular complaint on this forum is that the US regularly oversteps it's bounds via legislation like the CLOUD ACT. I don't see why it's any less of a concern when the EU does it.