Re:So Your Startup Received the Nightmare GDPR Letter
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:12AM
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> Isn't this true for literally all regulations and laws on the planet?
No, it’s not. Comparable statutes in the U.S. are HIPAA or the Securities Act is 1933. Most laws require, to kick off an expensive process, someone to (a) pony up to start a lawsuit or (b) convince a public prosecutor to take on the case. Dedicated regulators are established where (a) and (b) aren’t working.
Most dedicated regulators consider consumer complaints. But the response rates are reasonably low and not mandated by law. (The best complain-and-investigate regulatory regimes avoid their incumbency-promoting effects by limiting oversight of new entrants. This incumbency bias was not taken into account in the GDPR’s drafting.)
If GDPR looks identical to other laws, in the EU or U.S., to you, you may want to speak with your lawyer about it.
No, it’s not. Comparable statutes in the U.S. are HIPAA or the Securities Act is 1933. Most laws require, to kick off an expensive process, someone to (a) pony up to start a lawsuit or (b) convince a public prosecutor to take on the case. Dedicated regulators are established where (a) and (b) aren’t working.
Most dedicated regulators consider consumer complaints. But the response rates are reasonably low and not mandated by law. (The best complain-and-investigate regulatory regimes avoid their incumbency-promoting effects by limiting oversight of new entrants. This incumbency bias was not taken into account in the GDPR’s drafting.)
If GDPR looks identical to other laws, in the EU or U.S., to you, you may want to speak with your lawyer about it.