Re:2018 reform of EU data protection rules
by DonbunEf7 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:23AM
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Please do not violate the Prime Directive. Thanks.
> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
I was snarky but it is definitely something I would say to you face-to-face.
The quality of discussion around the GDPR here on HN was not up to the standard quality. Part of it was because, in my opinion, a lot of people here are entrepreneurs and this made them really subjective and almost blind-sided them to the benefits for users.
The GDPR is not perfect but it's a great long term measure, one I hope will be followed (and improved upon!) by other administrations.
Besides honest misunderstanding, there's so much FUD being spread by people on HN who are afraid that their greedy data manipulation plan for a startup has been completely foiled...
So much FUD that you definitely feel sometimes that the comments are straight out of http://n-gate.com/
Caricaturizing (a bit):
"HN1: The GDPR takes away our freedom to make tons of money from your private data! Dirty EU commies and their superstate imposing their law worldwide!
HN2: The law doesn't apply worldwide and it protects my privacy. Just block users which are geographically in the EU. Also, read the law, it's only 60 page and more readable than most RFCs.
HN2: Nah, I'm good, I'll just rely on internet FUD as my main source of info. Dirty EU commie bureaucrats!"
PS: Obviously not all comments are misguided, but good God, there's soooooo many which miss the mark by a mile...