Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea...
by dragonwriter on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:19PM
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> Why would a government impose anything other than the maximum?
Because it's bound to apply a bunch of other rules in setting penalties by the same regulation that set the maximum cited. Saying that every offense will get the maximum is saying that the government will ignore the regulation, in which case you can just as justifiably say that any behavior, even if it isn't a violation of the rules, will get a fine of €1.337 quintillion, or 1,000% of global combined GDP, whichever is greater.
Heck, even ignoring the casd-by-case factors that must be considered, the 4% or €20 million maximum is much greater than the maximum for many violations, there are only certain GDPR violations that have that maximum.
Because it's bound to apply a bunch of other rules in setting penalties by the same regulation that set the maximum cited. Saying that every offense will get the maximum is saying that the government will ignore the regulation, in which case you can just as justifiably say that any behavior, even if it isn't a violation of the rules, will get a fine of €1.337 quintillion, or 1,000% of global combined GDP, whichever is greater.
Heck, even ignoring the casd-by-case factors that must be considered, the 4% or €20 million maximum is much greater than the maximum for many violations, there are only certain GDPR violations that have that maximum.