Re:Europe’s New Privacy Rules Favor Google and Facebook
by exergy on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @02:26AM
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How would you propose we do both simultaneously, though? All else being equal, I'd very much want to have both. I try to avoid big companies in all kinds of walks of life. But if I have to choose between the two options, I'd very much choose the GDPR way.
Re:Europe’s New Privacy Rules Favor Google and Facebook
by zapita on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @03:18AM
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I personally am not competent enough in this field to propose changes to GDPR that would better balance these constraints. Which is why it's so important that regulators attack the problem in a holistic way - they are the only ones with the mandate, resources and expertise to do so. If GDPR in its current form makes it harder for small businesses to compete, in my opinion that makes GDPR incomplete, and we should pressure regulators to keep improving it. To achieve that, the first step is for us as a community to agree on the scope of the problem, which is why I'm trying to convince you :-)
I understand your sentiment, but I think dismissing the issue of barrier to entries for small businesses is very shortsighted. Remember that excessive consolidation in the Internet industry is what led to the wholesale violation of consumer's privacy in the first place. So enforcing stricter data handling rules and protecting small businesses's ability to compete are two sides of the same coin. To truly protect consumers in the long run, regulators need to address both issues in a comprehensive way.