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The first GDPR massive fine !

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    #21
    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    So because there are people who break the rules there is no point in having rules at all?
    If the rules are not designed to bring the right results, then there's no point having them in the first place.
    His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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      #22
      The US has all sorts of strict and sometimes stupid rules, try doing business in the US, if you were to get rid of the EU to rid yourself of stupid rules, you will simply find that there will still be stupid rules but there will be more of them and everyone would complain how stupid it would be to have different stupid rules and that if you do have stupid rules then you may as well have one single set of stupid rules for everyone.

      Personally for all it's faults I prefer the fact that my personal information won't be distributed willy nilly and end up in the hands of the Russian mafia who then order stuff in my name from Amazon, all those annoying newsletters and spam mail have now almost entirely disappeared from my mailbox and I don't have to spend half an hour a day cleaning it up and quaking with fear as to whether there's a hidden link to clear out my bank account.
      Last edited by BlasterBates; 26 May 2018, 10:41.
      I'm alright Jack

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        #23
        Originally posted by Mordac View Post
        If the rules are not designed to bring the right results, then there's no point having them in the first place.

        Well, there is a point to them but they were not designed to stop scammers ... there are rules in place to make that illegal already, its just we all know they are effectively unenforceable.


        The current reaction to GDPR is quite amusing. Try viewing the Chicago Tribune or LA Times ( I read neither ) ... currently blocked to EU residents.

        Made me think: What the hell were they doing with data? It's a newspaper for goodness sake!

        Part of the problem is, of course, the "Business model" for a lot of internet companies. Provide the service, sell the data. It costs a shed-load of cash to run multiple globally distributed data centres and pay a large team.

        I blame open-source for giving the impression that software should be free.

        Don't want your data to be sold? But how much would you pay a month to use CUK or Facebook?

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          #24
          By replying to this thread, Ghostery tells me that there are 4 trackers active obtaining information about me....
          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #25
            Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
            Admin. NAT provided a useful link to LinkedIn and has asked that we all put in the following letter to CUK (Contractor UK Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW) today:
            *saves for future use*
            "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
            - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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              #26
              The Mormons, they think they are above the law, and love collecting data
              Politicians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!

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                #27
                Originally posted by portseven View Post
                The Mormons, they think they are above the law, and love collecting data
                If God says it's fine, then it's fine...
                His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Mordac View Post
                  If GDPR says it's a fine, then it's a fine...
                  FTFY

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                    #29
                    Interesting tweet:

                    https://twitter.com/fr3ino/status/10...615714816?s=21

                    Because of #GDPR, USA Today decided to run a separate version of their website for EU users, which has all the tracking scripts and ads removed. The site seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the internet could be without all the junk! 🙄
                    5.2MB → 500KB
                    They went from a load time of more than 45 seconds to 3 seconds, from 124 (!) JavaScript files to 0, and from a total of more than 500 requests to 34.

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