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I work in this field and disagree with a lot here. My thinking is that if a data protection office did not fine Meta or Bytedance in a given year, heads would

I work in this field and disagree with a lot here. My thinking is that if a data protection office did not fine Meta or Bytedance in a given year, heads would roll. It's a revenue collection device.

disgruntledphd2 1y ago
> My thinking is that if a data protection office did not fine Meta or Bytedance in a given year, heads would roll. It's a revenue collection device. This is nonsense, the Irish DPC have been criticised (mostly correctly) for not being hard enough on Big Tech.
rickdeckard 1y ago
> My thinking is that if a data protection office did not fine Meta or Bytedance in a given year, heads would roll. It's a revenue collection device Not sure which field you work in, but this is already in contradiction with the fact that those companies aren't simply fined spontaneously. The fine is the outcome of an investigation that started with an inquiry to the company, possibly based on a complaint. In case of the 1.2bn EUR fine for Meta, the process took YEARS of investigation [0], and the company was fined because the GDPR-violating transfers were "systematic, repetitive and continuous" [0] https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/consistency-findings/register-decisions/2023/decision-data-protection-commission_en https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/consistency-findin...
Yeul 1y ago
You could respect user's privacy but let us be honest that would make less money and the 1.2 billion is a slap on the wrist.