GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloudflare Workers

Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by pluma on Saturday May 26, 2018 @09:48AM (#17161991)

FWIW the cameras on public transit (which have been the norm in Cologne for at least a decade I think) are legal (under the old data protection laws anyway) because the recordings are automatically destroyed after 24 hours or so.

I think the GDPR would protect them because of a number of factors:

* there's a legitimate security interest (vandalism, terrorism, rape and other personal crimes)

* the recordings are not stored longer than necessary to fulfill that purpose

* there is clear signage indicating you are entering an area with surveillance cameras (i.e. you are giving informed consent)

The GDPR protects the individual's right to privacy but it's a balancing act and the security interests are fairly valid.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by usr1106 on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:55AM (#17162362)

> * there is clear signage indicating you are entering an area with surveillance cameras (i.e. you are giving informed consent)

So if I don't want to be filmed on the bus I take a taxi for 10 times the price? (Not sure whether they might have cameras, too. Haven't taken a taxi in Germany for many years.) Or I walk 2 hours?

That's not what I would call informed consent. It's information yes, but as long as there are no competing bus lines without cameras there is no choice really.

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