Discord fined €800k
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Discord fined €800k
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Re: Discord fined €800k
#2This is less than cost of compliance.
Re: Discord fined €800k
#3This is less than cost of compliance.
> “The amount of the fine was decided regarding the breaches identified, the number of people concerned, but also taking into account the efforts made by the company throughout the procedure to reach compliance and the fact that its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data,” the regulator said.
Re: Discord fined €800k
#4This is less than cost of compliance.
> “The amount of the fine was decided regarding the breaches identified, the number of people concerned, but also taking into account the efforts made by the company throughout the procedure to reach compliance and the fact that its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data,” the regulator said.
> the fact that its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data
Is it? I suppose you can take their turning down of Microsoft as a token of good faith, but it's also possible that they just think they can cash out for more in the future. If that's the case, then accumulating a massive user dataset is very much the business model, because the business model is to eventually sell the company for as much as possible.
Re: Discord fined €800k
#5This is less than cost of compliance.
> “The amount of the fine was decided regarding the breaches identified, the number of people concerned, but also taking into account the efforts made by the company throughout the procedure to reach compliance and the fact that its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data,” the regulator said.
>its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data
Absolutely not arbitrary at all :')
Re: Discord fined €800k
#6This is less than cost of compliance.
That doesn't quite hold for gdpr fines. It's a fine + you're going to comply, or we'll start stacking more fines. By definition this is a fine on top of the cost of compliance.
Re: Discord fined €800k
#7Possibly a better resource for those unable to access because of the paywall: https://www.cnil.fr/en/discord-inc-fined-800-000-euros
Re: Discord fined €800k
#8Possibly a better resource for those unable to access because of the paywall: https://www.cnil.fr/en/discord-inc-fined-800-000-euros
> At the time of the online investigation, when creating an account on DISCORD, a password of six characters including letters and numbers was accepted.
> The restricted committee considered that DISCORD's password management policy was not sufficiently strong and restrictive to ensure the security of users' accounts.
Ahh yes, finally, government-enforced password policies. They have lost their mind.
> However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applications.
And they have thoughts on UI design too!
This is like the opposite of what GDPR should be.
Re: Discord fined €800k
#9Sweet sweet paywalled site
Re: Discord fined €800k
#10This is less than cost of compliance.
> “The amount of the fine was decided regarding the breaches identified, the number of people concerned, but also taking into account the efforts made by the company throughout the procedure to reach compliance and the fact that its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data,” the regulator said.
> its business model is not based on the exploitation of personal data,
That's strange, given the software's functionality includes showing friends and people in servers you're in what games you're playing, for how long, and even what game mode and so on. There's zero chance they're not monetizing that in some fashion. Almost certainly in aggregate, but I'd be shocked if they aren't doing non-aggregate data sharing behind some very tightly closed doors.
Also, just an fyi that tencent has heavily invested in Discord - though the exact amount is unknown.