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I worked in a small startup in Berlin and I remember we used to have a person dedicated to handle GDPR stuff. She had to go to Berlin data authority periodicall
by sajithdilshan 2mo ago
I worked in a small startup in Berlin and I remember we used to have a person dedicated to handle GDPR stuff. She had to go to Berlin data authority periodically and report status. I was really surprised given how small the company was, why we needed a dedicated person to handle all the bureaucracy. Apparently it was the law.
Also with the new package law in EU. I believe all these laws are how EU creates employment for their citizens. With almost every law they introduce, another new position is created in private as well as government offices and in a slowly aging continent that’s a good way to keep people employed when there isn’t much of a prospect
- em-bee 2mo agoexcept the package law as it stands is going to force many small businesses to close because they can't afford the cost.
- sajithdilshan 2mo agoI think there will be more small businesses that would be created to handle all the package regulations and they will provide it as a service to all those businesses. I agree that it’s another unnecessary layer of bureaucracy, but maybe that was the intention of the lawmakers
- johneth 2mo ago> She had to go to Berlin data authority periodically and report status. That seems more of a German bureaucracy thing rather than GDPR specifically. The UK, which does still implement GDPR from its time as a member state, does not require this level of officiousness.
- Anamon 2mo agoThat's not true. The Data Protection Officer doesn't need to be a dedicated person, an employee can simply be given that role in addition to their regular roles. There are rules to prevent a conflict of interest. But I don't think many small corporations have a dedicated DPO.