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There's DPAs and DPAs. A key issue is that the Ireland DPA is understaffed and overwhelmed, because that's where historically most of the global internet megac
by PeterisP 3y ago
There's DPAs and DPAs.
A key issue is that the Ireland DPA is understaffed and overwhelmed, because that's where historically most of the global internet megacorps have registered their EU part for tax reasons, and it seems plausible that Ireland's DPA was intentionally understaffed because Ireland wants to be friendly with them, no matter how they affect German/French/etc consumers.
There seem to be motions about adjustments to the GDPR process which would allow other DPAs to take action with respect to their people's data without having to wait on the "company-local" DPA for however many years it takes. If that happens, I'd expect the situation for Google, Meta and others to change relatively rapidly (though still taking a year or more).