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by M2Ys4U 3y ago
Free as in beer, unless one requests a hard-copy of a long document in which case one will have to pay the cost of reproduction, >The applicant shall have access to documents either by consulting them on the spot or by receiving a copy,
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>Standardization is something that is happening in all global markets, not just in the EU, and that's how we have resorted to using the same standards with everyone in the world (including on the internet), not just with europe. The
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Yeah, I had to make the change because HN has a length-limit on headlines
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Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good management(baldurbjarnason.com)
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More likely to be mediation than arbitration.
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I hope that the UK CMA enforcement action will smack Apple over the head for this one.
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>Parliament asserts its independence from the monarchy. Maybe using the mace instead of the crown would have been a good idea? It does... to an extent. Its official acts, though, are done as King-in-Parliament, and the mace is a symbol o
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Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose(techcrunch.com)
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Apparently there has been seven quarters of zero or negative growth in real GDP per capita, at least according to this tweet citing Bloomberg: https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1758062742865330410
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oh! I had totally missed that, thanks
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>the EU itself is legally bound to follow the ECHR rulings You'd think so, but it actually isn't. All of the EU's member states are, but the EU and its institutions aren't. The EU is legally bound to join the Council
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by M2Ys4U 3y ago
Well, yes, there's some nuance here. Where there's an Act of Parliament that says courts can dis-apply other Acts of Parliament then the courts can do so. But the Human Rights Act does not do this, even though it has quasi-constit
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>While a ruling on a specific case (and law), the Court seems quite skeptical towards any "requirement that providers of such services weaken the encryption mechanism for all users". If I were the UK government, I would be quit
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Recital 27 of the GDPR states: >This Regulation does not apply to the personal data of deceased persons. Member States may provide for rules regarding the processing of personal data of deceased persons. It's not part of the operat
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by M2Ys4U 3y ago
This is definitely processing personal data. What Rachel is describing is absolutely illegal under the GDPR.
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GDPR applies to everyone in the EU/EEA/UK. They don't need to be a citizen, they don't need to have any sort of contractual arrangement with the data processor. If they're alive and identifiable, the GDPR applies.
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She's not leaving Mozilla, she's returning to her old position of Executive Chair
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Also 4.1.13, 4.0.13, and 3.5.17 (despite the fact the latter two branches are end-of-life)
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(USA)
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Humans are apes, we're members of the hominidae family along with gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos.
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by M2Ys4U 3y ago
I'd highly doubt their database contains payment protection insurance.
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Mastodon (well, the fediverse more broadly) is quite stable, bumping around 1.2 to 1.8 million MAU over the past 12 months.
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Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL?(blog.tidelift.com)
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It's the ePrivacy Directive (and not the GDPR) that prohibits storing any data on the user's machines unless they are a) strictly necessary to provide the service, or b) the user consents.
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>Not sure if any sub-postmasters were prosecuted in Scotland. They were, though through the usual public mechanism by the Procurator Fiscal
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Anyone can bring a private prosecution (in England and Wales, at least. Scotland and Northern Ireland have different legal systems). The Crown Prosecution Service can take over any prosecution at the discretion of the Director of Public P
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> Erm... AWS migration? What am I missing? It's A M S, not A W S.
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>GDPR is about consent Consent is one of six different legal bases for processing personal data. Consent is important, yes, but it's not the be all and end all. >It should even be fine as a cookie, although there have been talks
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He's had a few "mainstream" people on as guests. Professor Hannah Fry is one guest who's a pretty established broadcaster (in the UK at least).
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Tom's commitment to accessibility is fantastic. Turn on the subtitles on any of his videos (particularly when there are multiple speakers) and you'll see the effort that goes in to it. Far too many people who publish to YouTube ju

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