Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by jbigelow76 on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:19PM
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If somebody says "X has money and an army of lawyers" the implication is they are going to beat the case, Microsoft didn't, they were slapped with the largest fine ever at the time ($794 million USD). They are fine despite the inability of lawyers and prep time to deliver victory, not because of it. No guarantees FB will fare better (or worse).
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by lima on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:30PM
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Parent claims that Facebook will not "ever be compliant" and "in the worst case the withdraw from these markets".
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by wirrbel on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:43PM
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the whole EU? Too big to withdraw from.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by BookmarkSaver on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:14PM
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Which is the whole point of the subsequent thread. FB is not just gonna ditch EU, nor are they going to be destroyed by a new regulation.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by petre on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @12:57AM
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They got out of China which is also quite big. I just wonder what would replace it if they withdraw.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by earenndil on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:32AM
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They're not going to withdraw. Best-case scenario, they stay in the EU but stop abusing users' data there so much, but still make a profic. Worst-case scenario, they're able to weasle their way out of having to change anything.