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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by jakelazaroff on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:48AM (#17188675)
Equifax breach and stolen identities? Cambridge Analytica and the 2016 US Presidential election? Ashley Madison and affairs being revealed?

We can go back and forth about the best way to deal with this, but it's crazy to think that this systemic gobbling up of personal data doesn't have real consequences.

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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by jimmaswell on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:27PM (#17189069)
I don't see it as fair to say those are consequences of the companies being allowed to have the data in the first place. They're consequences of poor security. We don't blame spam on email or food poisoning on food, do we? A GDPR-like approach to solving spam would be outlawing all automated or business-related use of email.
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