Re:GDPR: Don't Panic
by frereubu on Friday May 18, 2018 @05:27AM
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I think this is a common misinterpretation though because of the lanauge - that the maximum fine is actually the minimum, because the figures that are talked about are "€20m or 4% of global turnover, whichever is the greatest." It's the emphasis on "the greatest" that has an undercurrent of "we're going to fine you the maximum of these two numbers."
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I'm not sure what you mean by "actually the minimum". They will find you the maximum of those two numbers, at most, if you flagrantly disregard the law.
Yeah, this is the confusion - it's difficult to write it out in a way that isn't ambiguous! I think the fact that there are two numbers, the higher of which is the maximum fine, may imply to some people that the lower figure is the minimum - i.e. if 4% of your global turnover is €100m then €20m is the minimum - but of course there in fact isn't a minimum. It might have helped comprehension if there had been an arbitrary minimum figure - say €100 - to anchor the discussions.
Re:GDPR: Don't Panic
by irishsultan on Friday May 18, 2018 @07:25AM
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The problem with that is that it would introduce a minimum fine, where currently there doesn't need to be a fine at all (if you coöperate).