4 ms·
I guess this is always going to raise some eyebrows, with this amount of money it's hard to say it's not political. However I would like to say that the Dutch
by shiandow 2y ago
I guess this is always going to raise some eyebrows, with this amount of money it's hard to say it's not political.
However I would like to say that the Dutch privacy authority actually seems pretty sincere at enforcing privacy legislation. It's just that until recently they were just sending angry letters, and now they've been given power to do more than empty threats.
- creesch 2y ago> with this amount of money it's hard to say it's not political. If by political you mean "aimed to be effective", then yes it is political. If the fine is too low and these companies make a healthy profit through these practices, they will just take the loss.
- landosaari 2y agoSpain fined Booking (Dutch company) 413M€ last month. For abusing its dominant position, the post has only 2 points [0]. Yet, this one has significantly more comments. The only political aspect is where the company comes from. Forum members then want to speak up. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41115644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41115644