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Funny they are being fined in the Netherlands, because Uber is almost invisible there, as regular taxis have been protected. I don't have accurate data, but it's at least 15€ per inhabitant, so it seems like a very very steep fine. I can't imagine how much this is per driver, €25000? It seems the dutch regulator is saying "why don't you just go away?". The feeling is likely mutual.
Which big tech company will be the first to stop doing business in Europe? It's going to happen sooner or later.
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EU has realised American companies have become highly optimised wealth extraction machines and aren't providing nearly as much value as they are extracting, while also violating local privacy laws and skirting taxes.
The value void that Uber leaves will easily be filled, which is merely an app to buy services that have existed as long as the horse and cart. Keeping Uber benefits no one in the EU.
Which big tech company will be the first to stop doing business in Europe? It's going to happen sooner or later.
And no, they won't leave. They will comply in order to have access to the European market.
Does anyone know good best practices and software/DB patterns to model localized GDPR-compliance into global software systems? I know ASP.NET Core comes with some GDPR-related helpers but it's more interesting to know general best practices and patterns not related to a specific framework.
> Since the end of last year, Uber uses the successor to the Privacy Shield. Sounds like they're going to get condemned again in the future, seeing how these things get knocked down again and again. The EU commission is really dropping the ball there.
The EC has issued an "adequacy decision" regarding the new EU–US Data Privacy Framework (the replacement for Privacy Shield): https://commission.europa.eu/document/fa09cbad-dd7d-4684-ae6... and has begun "certifying" compliance with the Framework: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/list So maybe the DPAs will defer to the EC's interpretation of adequacy under the GDPR for this new Framework? Lots of unknowns though…
To bad the EC isn't the body that can judge whether that deal is legal, and has been caught repeatedly lying about past deals [1].
> So maybe the DPAs will defer to the EC's interpretation of adequacy under the GDPR for this new Framework?
As before, cases will go to the actual authority on the matter: the CJUE. I personally don't have high hopes for this deal to last.
[1]: https://noyb.eu/en/european-commission-gives-eu-us-data-tran...
Which big tech company will be the first to stop doing business in Europe? It's going to happen sooner or later.
Which big tech company will be the first to stop doing business in Europe? It's going to happen sooner or later.
The sooner the better. This way local EU players can fill the void they'll leave. This insular isolation also fueled China's domestic SW sector.
building alternatives takes time and resources. the EU has neither.
a diverse, competitive tech ecosystem with both EU and non-EU players is better than a protectionist approach.
hoping for an exodus of major global players when you’re leapfrogged by both China and the US…
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