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GDPR is not complex because it is hard to comply with but because seemingly no one wants to. EU-US data transfers have been declared illegal numerous times [1]
by bcye 2y ago
GDPR is not complex because it is hard to comply with but because seemingly no one wants to.
EU-US data transfers have been declared illegal numerous times [1], but instead of supporting European cloud providers those decisions are barely enforced and quickly circumvented by a new data transfer act.
Cookie banners are not hard to implement if you don't try to share user data with your "864 most trusted partners", there are clear guidelines [2] now on how they need to be designed, but instead of criticising these not being properly enforced, the requirement for them itself is criticised.
How is it that Meta can regular break the law, with 7 of the 10 highest fines (or probably around a third of all fines) going against them [3] with seemingly no action taken to prevent this from continuing onwards.
noyb has managed to achieve more than a billion euro in fines with only 6 million euros in funding, we could be focusing on supporting NGOs doing incredible work for their budget and getting our DPAs to probably enforce the law.
The issue with GDPR is not the law but the seeming unwillingness to enforce it leading to unclarity what is expected and what not. [4]
[1]: https://noyb.eu/en/23-years-illegal-data-transfers-due-inactive-dpas-and-new-eu-us-deals https://noyb.eu/en/23-years-illegal-data-transfers-due-inact...
[2]: https://noyb.eu/en/noybs-consent-banner-report-how-authorities-actually-decide https://noyb.eu/en/noybs-consent-banner-report-how-authoriti...
[3]: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/?insights https://www.enforcementtracker.com/?insights
[4]: https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-day-only-13-cases-eu-dpas-result-fine https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-day-only-13-cases-eu-dpas...
- benterix 2y ago> How is it that Meta can regular break the law, with 7 of the 10 highest fines (or probably around a third of all fines) going against them [3] with seemingly no action taken to prevent this from continuing onwards. Because until now we've been treating American companies very leniently, with an occasional slap on the wrist. For example, when Poland wanted to regulate Uber, the American ambassador warned the Polish government that if they do that, they will regret it.[0] And because at that time the USA was in the business of of protecting the East NATO flank, the Polish government turned turned a blind eye on Uber. Now that the USA turned away from Europe, nobody cares about the interest of American companies. When Trumps ambassador (Tom Rose) threatened the current government in the same way recently regarding planned "digital tax", the minister answered "We're nobody's fief". [0] https://phys.org/news/2019-04-hundreds-cab-drivers-protest-uber.html https://phys.org/news/2019-04-hundreds-cab-drivers-protest-u...