USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff

Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by SamReidHughes on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:08PM (#17189456)

If the GDPR didn't affect press freedom, the USA Today wouldn't be serving a different version of its website to EU users.

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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:25PM (#17189619)

They're serving the same articles.

For "press freedom" defined as the writing and publishing of articles, it's unaffected.

For "press freedom" defined as literally any action a member of the press takes, sure it's affected, but that's a very flawed definition. It's not like drunk driving laws are an infringement on "press freedom", even though they occasionally affect members of the press.

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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by hannasanarion on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:22PM (#17189584)

Have you considered that USA Today doesn't have an exquisite understanding of the law?

Or perhaps, that USA Today is collecting tracking data on its users and selling it secretly to 3rd parties and doesn't want to stop spying?

Plenty of other newspapers have had no problem implementing GDPR. It's as simple as not spying on your users.

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Re:USA needs law 'a lot like GDPR' says Salesforce CEO Marc ... by duxup on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:23PM (#17189601)

I think you should look into the differences and think critically about why there are differences.

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