Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers

Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by Mirioron on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:00AM (#17176383)

Which could easily happen if the person levying the fine doesn't like you. In some countries the data protection agency has a whopping dozen to two dozen people working at it total. In other words, if it so happens that you don't get along with them then there's nothing stopping them to be harsher on their enforcement.

You can't ask them for advice either. They'll tell you that they're there for enforcement.

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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by teddyh on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @03:35AM (#17177145)

Please don’t project your local level of government/societal corruption onto the rest of the world – in this case, the EU.

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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by Mirioron on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:13AM (#17179317)

My local level of government has this less than two dozen people working in the data protection authority. That is why I'm worried. They are the ones that will be enforcing this whole thing here.

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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by guitarbill on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:36AM (#17176530)

It's not only wrong, but also very insulting to suggest there's no due process in the EU.

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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by Mirioron on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:37AM (#17179506)

I'm not saying there is no due process, but it definitely is massaged in some parts of it. In the country I mentioned according to the statements of the Ministry of Justice the conviction rate is 99%. Out of 100 cases that go to trial only 1 gets a 'not guilty' verdict.

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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by dmitriid on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @04:33PM (#17182720)

That country is Russia perchance? Because that's statistics for Russia.

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