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In some cases bad actors exploited GDPR for fraudulent purposes - eg. requesting a full account deletion in the event of a ban. They can then recreate the same account with the same data.
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I think GDPR is a great step towards stopping companies hoarding your data and holding you hostage to it. On the other, main GDPR change is those awful 'hand over data / pretend you're not' dialogue boxes. When I'm feeling strong, I look for the 'reject / object / blah' box, but often I don't find it in me to resist anymore. So maybe it's not awful they're reshaping…
I remember it used to be a thing in the netscape navigator days until everyone got sick of it.
I honestly get giggles from how unprepared they are culturally for what becoming America-like will do to them. Does anyone else? American-like but with no negotiating leverage and having burned all the bridges to the other economic unions.
YIPPEE. Does this mean no more of those stupid little popups every time I see a site? HOORAY. Does it mean less absurd bureaucracy and non-jobs? GREAT. As for data privacy... does anyone seriously think that Facebook was stopped from collecting data due to GDPR?
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If you work in enterprise it absolutely has made a big difference.
I work in an large euroepan enterprise and our GDPR compliance is... absymal. And we're not even investing that much into becoming more compliant. My impression is that the board is in a state of denial, as doing GDPR properly would probably cost us billions.
A nice idea, but no one will care that much.
I can honestly say that I think it made little to no difference, across the board. The requirements etc have not been fulfilled by most companies, why bother.
I honestly get giggles from how unprepared they are culturally for what becoming America-like will do to them. Does anyone else? American-like but with no negotiating leverage and having burned all the bridges to the other economic unions.
The EU as a political union exists a little over a decade, if anything the UK never adapted to it.
Who will create forum for a community if one has to deal with all the bureaucracy, "right to be forgotten", data accuracy checks, data export request, gathering consents, being responsible for bugs in some forum software if there will be data leak and risk huge fines if something is not done correctly.
Another issue is vagueness of the regulation. What exactly is data processing/controlling? If kids leave they clothes in kindergarten or school, can clothes be signed with kid first and last name (so it is easier to find lost items)? Is school a processor or controller of kids' PII in that case? Probably not, but who knows what will happen if someones signed hat will be stolen?
YIPPEE. Does this mean no more of those stupid little popups every time I see a site? HOORAY. Does it mean less absurd bureaucracy and non-jobs? GREAT. As for data privacy... does anyone seriously think that Facebook was stopped from collecting data due to GDPR?
Facebook and google takeout only exist because of gdpr. Right to delete (not just deactivate) your account only exists due to gdpr. Right to opt out at all only exists because of gdpr, and many companies do actually stick to it. That many don't follow the spirit of the regulation is not really the fault of the regulation. Thing is its not been tested much in the courts yet, but the cases have really started last year…