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There's a few practical problems with creating that kind of legislation though. How do you decide who has to comply with it? Every time I build a website that
by jiggy2011 14y ago
There's a few practical problems with creating that kind of legislation though.
How do you decide who has to comply with it?
Every time I build a website that collects any data from users at all, do I have to also create an API for accessing that data?
Bigger companies such as FB and Google would most likely just move stuff offshore to get around this anyway.
- skymt 14y agoIt doesn't necessarily need to be a full API. How about a database dump, or even a .csv? Just some way to get the data out of one system and into another.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThat's still a bunch of extra work for a small program, considering you have to worry about security and data protection. Making sure that you don't leak anybody elses data.
- VexXtreme 14y agoActually, Google DOES have data export features. They can be found here: https://www.google.com/settings/exportdata https://www.google.com/settings/exportdata
- runjake 14y agoGoogle already provides for this to some extent: http://www.dataliberation.org/ http://www.dataliberation.org/