Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea...
by y_molodtsov on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:53AM
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Instapaper is owned by Pinterest btw. Not a 2-ppl SaaS.
Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea...
by Fradow on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:29AM
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Actual quote of the GDPR:
(171) Directive 95/46/EC should be repealed by this Regulation. Processing already under way on the date of application of this Regulation should be brought into conformity with this Regulation within the period of two years after which this Regulation enters into force. [...]
I can't say for sure what's the scope, but I stand by my point that PART of it have a delay to get into conformity.
Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea...
by wastedhours on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:39AM
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As mentioned, GDPR has been in force for 2 years - Friday is the end of the grace period. But, as I referenced in another comment, it doesn't just "end" tomorrow, the expectation is that you have a plan in place to address future privacy issues and that you're acting in good faith.
If you're not compliant, but aren't deliberately not compliant, and are active in trying to address that, and report anything you might be breaching, then they're not going to go after you like hounds (in the UK at least).
The ICO seems to be a fair and reasonable body, they just now have some extra teeth.
But I agree with you, the way most interpret the regulation and its sanction is not how Europeans do laws. The "administrative fines up to ..." as you can read in the text http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELE... Those high fines are meant for large ill-meaning companies, but the small 2-ppl-SaaS that doesn't report or act on a data breach will get a slap on the wrist and a fine proportionally to their size.