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Based in Australia. Straightforward B2B SaaS offering - nothing to do with exploiting personal information. But having been through it, not doing anything wrong
by dqh 4y ago
Based in Australia. Straightforward B2B SaaS offering - nothing to do with exploiting personal information. But having been through it, not doing anything wrong and compliance are two very different things.
What worries me is that it’s still early days for enforcement, but they’ve already handed out something like US$1.6B in fines. I assume they will only get more aggressive with this over time.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoHow many of those fines were handed to companies with no presence in the EU and not targeting EU customers? You cannot be expected to comply with the laws of every country in the world. Do comply with Australian laws and relevant laws and regulations of countries to specifically target and ignore the rest. If you see traction in the EU then you can start paying attention to the GDPR.
- dqh 4y agoWell, I expect this sort of activity to escalate over time. Unfortunately our government advice appears to be that we should comply if we "offer goods and services in the EU", or "monitor the behaviour of individuals in the EU.": https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/guidance-and-advice/australian-entities-and-the-eu-general-data-protection-regulation https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/guidance-and-advice/australi... I have no idea what would actually happen if they decided to fine an Australian entity.