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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by jimmaswell on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:14PM (#17188947)
Not "hard" for us, no, even if an unnecessary burden. Now go make some small veterinary clinic with no "computer person" on hand, with a small website they had set up years ago that lets you schedule appointments, figure all this out. They'll probably either stay uncompliant or have to drop the website.
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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:04PM (#17189423)
That's a shame, but it's a side effect of anything ever that requires an update. Any small business commissioning a site in 2019 will get something that's compliant, so it's not like this is a permanent drain.

Sometimes it's important to update regulations, despite the inertia of existing implementations.

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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by jimmaswell on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:28PM (#17189655)
This attitude reminds me of a quote: "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make."
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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:42PM (#17189780)
Better than the idea that we can never change any law because someone will have to adjust to it.
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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by xevb3k on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:34PM (#17193765)
Running a single server for a small business is hard anyway they’re occasionally going to need support.

As the first offense only seems to result in a warning, they have a chance to figure things out. Then is asking their webdev to schedule a cron job to delete logs really such a burden?

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