Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi...
by JumpCrisscross on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:07AM
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> My preference would be that personal data not be leaked at all
Me too! But not at any cost. This discussion involves thinking about scope (both in who and what is regulated), penalties (both in frequency and magnitude) and pre-emptive enforcement, if any. The trade-offs are far-reaching. A conservative approach is prudent. (It's also politically resilient.)
> GDPR is quite broad and open to interpretation by both sides
That's a sin and a virtue.
> Requiring people to lawyer up to make the company responsible is far weaker
This, too, is a sin and a virtue. The sin is it may allow bad deeds to go unpunished. But presently, everything is going unpunished. The virtue is in its prudence. It's unlikely to cause systemic harm, and we can observe its case law to more-precisely draft the next wave of rules.
Me too! But not at any cost. This discussion involves thinking about scope (both in who and what is regulated), penalties (both in frequency and magnitude) and pre-emptive enforcement, if any. The trade-offs are far-reaching. A conservative approach is prudent. (It's also politically resilient.)
> GDPR is quite broad and open to interpretation by both sides
That's a sin and a virtue.
> Requiring people to lawyer up to make the company responsible is far weaker
This, too, is a sin and a virtue. The sin is it may allow bad deeds to go unpunished. But presently, everything is going unpunished. The virtue is in its prudence. It's unlikely to cause systemic harm, and we can observe its case law to more-precisely draft the next wave of rules.