Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
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Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
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> How would the government even know that a big company is transgressing the rules?
By investigating a complaint?
From the article: The Dutch DPA started the investigation on Uber after more than 170 French drivers complained...
Re: Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
#4Love it. Maybe one day U.S companies will learn that while they can steal and sell their own peoples information as they please, and they'll even have their own people brainwashed into such a state of stockholm syndrome that they will defend the corporations ability to do so, that's not the culture EU has, and it won't fly here. Corporations are not the peoples identity here, privacy and safety however are.
Re: Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
#5Seems fair.
Re: Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
#6Love it. Maybe one day U.S companies will learn that while they can steal and sell their own peoples information as they please, and they'll even have their own people brainwashed into such a state of stockholm syndrome that they will defend the corporations ability to do so, that's not the culture EU has, and it won't fly here. Corporations are not the peoples identity here, privacy and safety however are.
Or maybe all companies will learn to leave EU behind in innovation.
Even though the rules are great, I'm just not sure if it will be good or bad long term for EU.
Re: Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
#7Love it. Maybe one day U.S companies will learn that while they can steal and sell their own peoples information as they please, and they'll even have their own people brainwashed into such a state of stockholm syndrome that they will defend the corporations ability to do so, that's not the culture EU has, and it won't fly here. Corporations are not the peoples identity here, privacy and safety however are.
No, you see US-headquartered multinationals have a God-given right to freedom, including the freedom to smuggle customer data overseas. God bless America.
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#8It’s good to know that GDPR is not just annoying banners
Re: Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
#9Love it. Maybe one day U.S companies will learn that while they can steal and sell their own peoples information as they please, and they'll even have their own people brainwashed into such a state of stockholm syndrome that they will defend the corporations ability to do so, that's not the culture EU has, and it won't fly here. Corporations are not the peoples identity here, privacy and safety however are.
Or maybe all companies will learn to leave EU behind in innovation. Even though the rules are great, I'm just not sure if it will be good or bad long term for EU.
Too much money here to leave it behind. This is a slap on the wrist anyway.
Re: Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US
#10Love it. Maybe one day U.S companies will learn that while they can steal and sell their own peoples information as they please, and they'll even have their own people brainwashed into such a state of stockholm syndrome that they will defend the corporations ability to do so, that's not the culture EU has, and it won't fly here. Corporations are not the peoples identity here, privacy and safety however are.
Or maybe all companies will learn to leave EU behind in innovation. Even though the rules are great, I'm just not sure if it will be good or bad long term for EU.
China is by basically all accounts running rings around the US, based on current behaviour, whilst being a much more authoritarian regime.
America loves to pretend that no other data points exist so they can attribute whatever good performance they’ve historically seen to whatever supposed cornerstone of American life is advantageous to make whatever point they want to make.