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GDPR: Don't Panic

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Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by LoSboccacc »

SomeGermanGuy wrote: post #21
xtrapolate wrote: post #11

There's currently no case law surrounding GDPR. Moreover, some elements of the GDPR are up for interpretation. People are rightfully concerned. > "This post is an attempt to calm the nerves of those that feel that the(ir) world is about to come to an end" This post is actually a single person's viewpoint, a mere speculation of how things may or may not turn out to be. Your mileage may vary.

On what experiences with EU bureaucracy do you base your statement?

on what experience about gdpr case law is the linked article basing his statement?

all those claims about warning shots and leniency and goodwill of the regulator are completely unfounded. the linked article makes the claim, the linked article should substantiate the claims, and we maintain a healthy right to remain skeptical of those claims until some meat is added to them.

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by vidarh »

Malarkey73 wrote: post #22

Here in UK I have been receiving about 5-10 emails a day from various companies - most of whom I don't remember - telling me I need to sign up again so they can keep my details and keep spamming me. Fantastic.

I'm loving that too. It's amazing just how many mailing lists I'm on that I either haven't signed up for myself or have forgotten about.

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by AnabeeKnox »

SomeGermanGuy wrote: post #18
AnabeeKnox wrote: post #12

I was hoping for a nice respite to the anti-GDPR stuff we've seen recently, but this is just naked propaganda. In particular, the sentence: "the GDPR has the potential to escalate to those levels but in the spirit of the good natured enforcers ..." The author seems to have the idea that bureaucratic EU systems are inherently "good" and that even if things look bad on paper, it will be fine because they are "good" peo…

On what experiences with EU bureaucracy do you base your statement?

On what experiences with EU bureaucracy do you base your question?

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by LoSboccacc »

SomeGermanGuy wrote: post #18
AnabeeKnox wrote: post #12

I was hoping for a nice respite to the anti-GDPR stuff we've seen recently, but this is just naked propaganda. In particular, the sentence: "the GDPR has the potential to escalate to those levels but in the spirit of the good natured enforcers ..." The author seems to have the idea that bureaucratic EU systems are inherently "good" and that even if things look bad on paper, it will be fine because they are "good" peo…

On what experiences with EU bureaucracy do you base your statement?

so you're just around baiting with the same copy pasted comment?

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by zaarn »

>Don’t Panic

That's thoroughly good advice. Panic reduces efficiency and the capability to react rationally.

>Becoming compliant with this law will cause my business to go under

>If becoming compliant with the law will cause your business to go under that is more or less the same as saying that your business is built on gross privacy violations. So if that’s your busines model then good riddance to you and your company

Hmm, I would nitpick on that, Google Adsense has been ass about getting GDPR compliant, they don't offer any method of serving ads without storing consent including their tracking-free ads. This is not something that affects me personally but I know people running larger websites that rely entirely on ad revenue (premium model is hard since they drive visitors with UGC, most people don't have an account, they don't want to paywall anything or ask money from the people that drive traffic). The site itself is already fully compliant and with exception of very minor changes (minimum age 13 -> 16, adding a "download everything" button) was compliant in the past.

I blame Adsense on that one, not GDPR though. The ad industry has to adapt, pushing the work on the website operators won't help and is not appropriate. IMO Adsense should either offer a fully consent-free ad experience in compliance with the GDPR or operate the consent dialog for the website owner in a non-intrusive manner.

Maybe this means there will be an opening for a GDPR-compliant adnetwork in Europe

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by raquo »

The problem of multiple ambiguities in GDPR hasn't really been addressed here.

Also, must be nice to live in a country where the regulator is as benevolent and reasonable as is described in this article.

I think it's ok for foreigners to be skeptical of this promise, as the article implies that this reasonableness is not encoded in law.

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by xtrapolate »

SomeGermanGuy wrote: post #21
xtrapolate wrote: post #11

There's currently no case law surrounding GDPR. Moreover, some elements of the GDPR are up for interpretation. People are rightfully concerned. > "This post is an attempt to calm the nerves of those that feel that the(ir) world is about to come to an end" This post is actually a single person's viewpoint, a mere speculation of how things may or may not turn out to be. Your mileage may vary.

On what experiences with EU bureaucracy do you base your statement?

Stop spamming every single comment on this thread. Your question is irrelevant and misdirected - I've literally started my argument by saying that "there's currently no case law surrounding GDPR".

Re: GDPR: Don't Panic

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Post by ealexhudson »

I'm not sure about the point regarding the DPD. EU Directives themselves don't have teeth, but they're supposed to be transposed into national laws - e.g. the DPA in the UK - and would be enforced nationally. A regulation comes into law across the EU, but is still often transposed, and the enforcement mechanism (to begin with) is still basically the same.

He's right that the DPD was not well-adhered to, though.

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