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> Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers, including its huge trove of
by tzs 3y ago
> Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers, including its huge trove of data stolen from thousands of victims’ phones.
How had they not been fined out of existence for GDPR violations?
Poland is a member of the EU so GDPR applies to them even if the people whose data they were processing were not in the EU.
- voytec 3y agoGDPR is only as good as local interpretation. Polish government runs Google Analytics / Tag Manager on devices visiting gov.pl websites. Local GDPR body dismissed the case[1]. From my experience, GDPR in Poland is an absolute joke. Microsoft refused to allow me to access and delete my personal data which they have purchased. UODO's (Polish GDPR body) response was something in lines of "we don't deal with internet accounts". [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029451