Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is

Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by marcrosoft on Sunday April 08, 2018 @10:32PM (#16789881)

As a matter of morals/competitive edge, companies should try to keep personal data safe and perhaps not collect it at all.

That said, GDPR is ridiculous and in many countries, contradictory. This leads to litigation spaghetti code. It will be exploited in ways we can't yet imagine.

It is dangerous to assume GDPR applies to YOU if you are based in the US. As the world (thankfully) doesn't operate under a one-world government, let the EU live in their ignorant "This site contains cookies" world.

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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by juanpicardo on Monday April 09, 2018 @03:00AM (#16790976)

Most business will want to comply because the EU market is quite large.

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Re:Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is by return1 on Monday April 09, 2018 @07:13AM (#16791994)

its a big market but not crucial. EU users are notoriously risk-averse and won't try new things, and wait for others to set the trends. EU is important for global giants, but for more specialized, less competitive services, a cost-benefit analysis is needed to decide whether EU is worth serving.

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