Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions Cheating

Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by hvidgaard on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:50AM (#15868418)

GDPR in the EU grants authorities ability to fine businesses €20 million or 4% of global revenue, whichever is greatest, when they have a data breach where neglect played a role. I imagine that a fine of similar proportion will have some effect on other companies to not do it. The risk is too great.

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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by lostlogin on Thursday December 07, 2017 @04:03AM (#15868654)

Weird that big business then faces a relatively softer punishment.

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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by contravariant on Thursday December 07, 2017 @07:50AM (#15869552)

Well this is the maximum punishment, the fine doesn't have to reach those limits if the company can't pay it anyway. In practice I suspect that small businesses either fly under the radar or are given some degree of leniency.

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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by kodablah on Thursday December 07, 2017 @10:52AM (#15871089)

> I suspect that small businesses either fly under the radar

Off topic, but this is what I dislike about the GPDR, the subjective enforcement. Do I as an SMB stop selling to EU because I can't afford the potential fine (risk management of course, never would intentionally violate)? Or do I trust arbitrary selective enforcement?

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Re:Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions ... by hvidgaard on Friday December 08, 2017 @03:01AM (#15877375)

Unless you explicitly deal with sensitive information, you shouldn't worry.

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