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Re:Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws by merinowool on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:47AM (#17153633)
> I would be extremely surprised if the EU goes through all this tome, effort, and money just to let corporations continue with business as usual

I wouldn't. EU is all about bureaucracy and hordes of civil servants doing meaningless jobs. If GDPR becomes fruitless like Cookie Law, then they'll say tough luck, hire more civil servants and start working on another useless law.

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Re:Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws by blub on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:52AM (#17153681)
There was a lot of lobbying done to water down the GDPR.

But on the other hand, corporations are all about unscrupulous behaviour and doing the minimum possible (if that) to claim they respect the law. If the GDPR works, they'll just hire more lobbyists.

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