How to effectively evade the GDPR and the reach of the DPA

Post by Jdam » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 10:12 AM UTC

Gwypaas wrote: post #20

ohazi wrote: post #8

When are we going to admit that GDPR is a failure? Asserting a bunch of rights around personal privacy is great, but I've yet to see any compelling evidence that the relevant courts and bureocracies are capable of enforcing the law effectively. EVERYBODY is cheating. Every time this is brought up on HN, the response is to wait for when the big fines start coming. It's been two years. They're not coming.

The larger fines are starting to trickle through[0], remember EU bureaucracy is usually less about flashy cases than US and more of giving people the tools to do the right thing. [0]: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

Post by luckylion » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 10:15 AM UTC

Gwypaas wrote: post #20

ohazi wrote: post #8

When are we going to admit that GDPR is a failure? Asserting a bunch of rights around personal privacy is great, but I've yet to see any compelling evidence that the relevant courts and bureocracies are capable of enforcing the law effectively. EVERYBODY is cheating. Every time this is brought up on HN, the response is to wait for when the big fines start coming. It's been two years. They're not coming.

The larger fines are starting to trickle through[0], remember EU bureaucracy is usually less about flashy cases than US and more of giving people the tools to do the right thing. [0]: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 10:19 AM UTC

burntoutfire wrote: post #24

oarsinsync wrote: post #3

I'm not sure how I feel about the screenshot at the end, showing that various policy makers also have their personal information being sold. I guess the information is out there, and doing so also makes it definitively personal for the policy makers / enforcers involved. That said, the policy makers / enforcers may be genuinely hamstrung. The US imposes its laws globally because of it's status as a global reserve cur…

> trading in USD requires the transaction to route via the US Is this correct? How's that enforced? Say, I have a company in Poland which sells some goods for a million dollars to another company in Poland. We both have USD accounts in Polish banks and the transfer is between these accounts. How does the money route via the US?

Post by raverbashing » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 10:22 AM UTC

oarsinsync wrote: post #31

burntoutfire wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> trading in USD requires the transaction to route via the US Is this correct? How's that enforced? Say, I have a company in Poland which sells some goods for a million dollars to another company in Poland. We both have USD accounts in Polish banks and the transfer is between these accounts. How does the money route via the US?

The bank will either have a presence in the US itself, or it'll have a partner that does that it'll route the transaction through. If you've done a USD transfer, it'll most likely be a SWIFT transfer, and you can ask your bank for the SWIFT routing log. You'll most likely see an NYC bank (or NYC branch of your bank) in the middle.

Post by arendtio » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 10:30 AM UTC

ohazi wrote: post #8

When are we going to admit that GDPR is a failure? Asserting a bunch of rights around personal privacy is great, but I've yet to see any compelling evidence that the relevant courts and bureocracies are capable of enforcing the law effectively. EVERYBODY is cheating. Every time this is brought up on HN, the response is to wait for when the big fines start coming. It's been two years. They're not coming.