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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by rmc on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:03AM (#16875530)
So companies that are careless with personal data and get hacked get out of business? That sounds like a benefit!

Within small companies, it's now easier to push for proper data security, for not being careless. "Boss, I know it'll slow down our release, but if we don't do it, we could go bankrupt!"

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by unethical_ban on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:30AM (#16875726)
If I don't have a server in your country, I shouldn't be in your jurisdiction.

And as for ANY regulation, progressive enforcement should be the norm. We shouldn't expect the same level of data security from John Buckley's local tool supply that we expect out of Amazon.

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:55AM (#16875890)
> If I don't have a server in your country, I shouldn't be in your jurisdiction.

Ha! Try telling that to the Americans ;)

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by falcolas on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:44AM (#16875815)
If you don't want to be in their jurisdiction, don't do business in their jurisdiction. If you do business in their country, why would you not be subject to their laws?
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by brainwad on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:13AM (#16876013)
If I do business in, say, Australia, but Europeans fly to me to purchase my services, am I then bound by European law? The internet is basically the same deal, no?
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by kolinko on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:38AM (#16876768)
Fun fact - Americans invented this concept. If you're doing anything fintech with a citizen of U.S., you have to uphold to certain regulations invented by the U.S.A. Even if you're doing it on European grounds.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by philipov on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:00AM (#16876456)
It is obviously not the same.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by ensignro2340 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:45AM (#16876848)
No.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by s73v3r_ on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:52PM (#16877504)
What makes you think progressive enforcement is not going to be the norm here?
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by rmc on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:04AM (#16875948)
Facebook almost certainly has servers, and subsidiaries, and staff in the EU
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by laumars on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:20AM (#16876083)
They do currently but it's sounding like they might not for much longer:

Facebook moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/19/facebook-...

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by dwild on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:57AM (#16875901)
I'm from Quebec, I can nearly never play contest for a simple reason, if I win, they have to pay taxes over the winning for me. That's not much and the likelihood that I win is still low, yet that amount scared them enough to ignore me in most contest.

I feel like that's going to be more an incentive to ignore EU resident if the fees are that high. Even with a huge security budget, mistakes are made, is it worth it to risk that much cash? Check any gaming console, they have a pretty big incentive to keep the security pretty high, yet failed to do it so often.

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