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Re:Illegal Memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the Proposed E... by dmitriid on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:17PM (#17296943)
> I would have preferred promulgating a set of standards to be GDPR compliant, and allowing companies the option to choose whether to conform.

EU countries had data protection laws for years before GDPR. Moreover, GDPR is only partially more strict than the existing Swedish data protection laws. I cannot name a single company that gave a damn about these laws.

That's why GDPR, even with all it's ambiguities, is a good thing.

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Re:Illegal Memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the Proposed E... by yasp on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @04:43PM (#17297783)
Ok? That companies chose not to conform is more indicative that consumers ultimately didn't care very much.
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Re:Illegal Memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the Proposed E... by dmitriid on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:44AM (#17300556)
Nope. It's only indicative that companies think they are entitled to not give a damn about any European laws.
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