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GDPR has proven incredibly useful to me and others in imposing cost on organisations and businesses that want to fuck about with our data. Someone's acting the
by nibbleshifter 4y ago
GDPR has proven incredibly useful to me and others in imposing cost on organisations and businesses that want to fuck about with our data.
Someone's acting the maggot? No matter where they are, they get a subject access request. Followed by a request to correct or delete data.
The ability to legally force companies to correct inaccurate data is incredibly useful.
- scarface_74 4y agoFacebook and Google didn't announce any harm from the GDPR. There are many companies that announce lower earning expectations from a simple 5 line App Store change by Apple and a one time popup asking you whether you want to be tracked.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoFAANG aren't who I am thinking of here - much worse are the background check and risk reporting companies such as WorldCheck that maintain dossiers on you that can often be not much more than speculative fanfiction, which banks use to assess risk.