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No it doesn't. EU is a large union of 27 countries. France is having a big authoritarian turn that started after the 2015 terror attacks, and it accelerated un
by byroot 3y ago
No it doesn't.
EU is a large union of 27 countries. France is having a big authoritarian turn that started after the 2015 terror attacks, and it accelerated under Macron.
That law would certainly not pass in the majority of EU countries.
Additionally, even though I believe this law is terrible, you can't compare a for profit company collecting information on ALL its users, and a police service collecting information on a few thousands people after a judge allowed them to.
- nehal3m 3y ago>you can't compare a for profit company collecting information on ALL its users, and a police service collecting information on a few thousands people after a judge allowed them to. I'm not entirely sure about that. If data is legally collected by a company, who's to say the government can't legally purchase it for their own ends?
- cccbbbaaa 3y agoUnder GDPR, if you process personal data, you are required to have a clear scope: which data, why, for how long is it retained, under which legal basis (articles 5 and 6), etc. Selling data later would be a misappropriation of legal basis. More info here: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/principles-gdpr/purpose-data-processing/can-we-use-data-another-purpose_en https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...
- nehal3m 3y agoInteresting, that's good to know. What happens if the state decides to appropriate the data rather than sell it?
- 2rsf 3y ago> That law would certainly not pass in the majority of EU countries. Even for a specific purpose and specified people, approved by a judge?
- byroot 3y agoMaybe I'm being too optimistic on the majority of them not approving such a law, but in many countries, notably Germany, I think that wouldn't fly, but I may be wrong. As usual these laws start by being applicable to only terrorists, to make it easy to pass, and then years later their scope is extended...