how was 1.8M calculated?
has any calculations been made on how much actual profit was made by these unlawful actions?
I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
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Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#92I understand where he's coming from, but it is still hilarious that he sued the legal entity that won the case for him, after they found the case in his favor.
What do you mean? It sounds like he is planning to sue company in question and possibly lodging complaint against Swedish DPA. Norwegian DPA is the one who found case in his favor.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#93Badass. Hope this keeps happening to all of those abusive "take it or leave it" corporations.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#94I wonder if anyone who are cheering this fine, actually read and tried to implement GDPR. It is a nightmare to be fully compliant for small companies. It is mostly just a theater (like endless cookie consent dialogs in anonymous browsing), to employ more experts and bureaucrats. EU is now pushing privacy laws that severely undermine privacy.
Stop spying on people.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Unfortunately, especially in the US, exercising your rights, or even just reading every paper you're expected to put your name to, not only constantly pisses people off for some reason Yup. It's particularly sad seeing other people in this very thread talking about how they would "ban this customer for life" just for knowing their rights. I think it's pathetic that this has become the culture amongst large swathes…
>I think it's pathetic that this has become the culture amongst large swathes of Americans - especially ones who consider themselves patriotic. This country was founded in rebellion and the assertion of our rights, and somehow the exact opposite is now the ideal of many citizens now. DHS is putting on the domestic terrorists watch list those people who took parts in the protests. Or at minimum threatens to put. And i…
Oh I’m well aware.
It’s reprehensible and I am demanding accountability from my elected politicians. The only way we’ll see someone answer for these crimes, though, is if enough Americans give a shit to get off their fucking asses and actually put people into office who will bring change.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#96how was 1.8M calculated? has any calculations been made on how much actual profit was made by these unlawful actions?
Page 33. Fine is calculated from annual worldwide revenue from previous year for the company.
https://www.datatilsynet.no/contentassets/59addbef9c1b48a28f...
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#97I understand where he's coming from, but it is still hilarious that he sued the legal entity that won the case for him, after they found the case in his favor.
What do you mean? It sounds like he is planning to sue company in question and possibly lodging complaint against Swedish DPA. Norwegian DPA is the one who found case in his favor.
Yes, he doesn't have a problem with the Norwegian DPA but with the Swedish DPA which are the ones that should be in contact with him.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
That sounds a lot like a rationalization desperately grasping at "surely it's not as insane as it sounds, what it _must_ mean is ... " I would want to read and perhaps get legal advice before relying on that interpretation - and before finding I signed over rights to my landlord to make candid porn of me and all his other tenants.
Am pretty sure he's right. I rent out my house, and it is very illegal for the landlord to record video inside the house (or even of the driveway). You are infringing the privacy of your tenants and is a huge no-no. Yeah, if you accidentally recorded families walking through their homes unclothed, this could land a landlord in jail.
The contract terms could very well have actually had a meaning that included filming inside the apartment. The existence of other laws overriding the contract isn't actually the same thing as the contract not having that invasive meaning.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#99I'm so glad the GDPR never took hold in the US. Little Karens getting companies fined millions of dollars over what amounts to nothing. You can always not use their service. Plenty of alternatives out there.
How depressingly unamerican.
It's really pathetic, isn't it? These guys hate their fellow Americans so much that they think it's better to allow companies to abuse people instead of stepping in to protect them.
Re: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Type the email address of somebody you dislike
Yep this. They never make you verify your email address on a captive portals. (Since you can’t check your email without an internet connection in the first place).
Then you could put in anything that looks like a valid email rather than the email of someone you dislike.