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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by downandout on Saturday May 05, 2018 @05:43PM (#17004019)
I'm not going to get into a long discussion about the fine points of the GDPR. I've engaged in several, and they go on for countless comments with self proclaimed HN GDPR experts saying how each thing is easily overcome, followed by a deluge of downvotes for every comment saying that they are (legitimately) wrong. But here's just one place to get you started:

https://www.exchangewire.com/blog/2016/07/07/an-american-per...

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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by gerdesj on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:26PM (#17004218)
I'm not going to get into a long discussion about the fine points of the GDPR

Why not? HN is a pretty fair forum. I'm not familiar with exchangewire and that link is dated July 2016. We've all passed a lot of water since then.

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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by DanBC on Sunday May 06, 2018 @04:37AM (#17005730)
You get downvotes because you make many factually incorrect statements.
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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by downandout on Sunday May 06, 2018 @02:30PM (#17007603)
Such as? Again, please show me where it says that a maximum fine for a first offense is prohibited by law.
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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by DanBC on Sunday May 06, 2018 @05:33PM (#17008689)
We've already pointed out the "proportionate" clauses of the law, as well as the decades of regulation where the maximum fine has never been imposed.
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Re:Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply wit... by downandout on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:59PM (#17017160)
Which makes zero difference, because the statute does not define "proportionate" and does not otherwise constrain the fines. Who is "we" btw? Are you teaming up with others to defend GDPR on HN?
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