GDPR: Four Complaints Filled Against Google, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook

Re:GDPR: Four Complaints Filled Against Google, Instagram, W... by _o_ on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:21AM (#17151091)

On first day of GDPR beeing enforcable, non profit organization (where main protagonist organized 25000 class action suit against facebook in 2014, but was rejected by court - now he has legislation to back him up) filled 4 complaints in 4 different countries (looks like a good idea to not overwhelm ICO in 1 country with 4 investigations, probably 5th ICO will join (Ireland).

After reading the complaints, it is directed into common way how GDPR is beeing handled by large companies, showel everything under legitimate interest, update privacy policy and force consent, which is clear violation.

Now this is going to be interesting, maximum posible penalty for all four (combined) is 7.6 Mrd euros.

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Re:GDPR: Four Complaints Filled Against Google, Instagram, W... by Hasknewbie on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:44AM (#17151187)

I doubt they will get anything near the max penalty, if they get fined anything at all, since we're now in the 1-year grace period.

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Re:GDPR: Four Complaints Filled Against Google, Instagram, W... by lol-lol on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:21AM (#17151614)

Actually how I see it, Google and Facebook are blatantly trying to downplay user rights under GDPR and people must be blind not to see it. I think they deserve a harsh punishment.

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Re:GDPR: Four Complaints Filled Against Google, Instagram, W... by _o_ on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:49AM (#17151212)

Grace period was for past 2 years and it is over and surely, they will be warned first, but I bet noyb isn't the only one filling complaint.

https://iapp.org/news/a/icos-wood-gdpr-grace-period-no-way/

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Re:GDPR: Four Complaints Filled Against Google, Instagram, W... by Hasknewbie on Friday May 25, 2018 @05:35AM (#17151919)

I stand corrected. It was my impression from multiple articles that fines would not be an immediate enforcement.

However, as much as I would like them to get slapped around, I believe the likes of Facebook are too smart/nefarious to act the way they do without having some sort of plan or escape hatch that would have them dodge said fines.

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