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Re:Your Face Is Not a Bar Code (2003) by UncleEntity on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:13AM (#17941151)
> GDPR is an attempt to grab some of the power back to the individual.

...and an attempt to grab some of the money from American corporations to the EU with billion euro fines.

https://www.targetmarketingmag.com/article/gdpr-lawsuits-tar...

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Re:Your Face Is Not a Bar Code (2003) by jacobush on Saturday September 08, 2018 @02:58PM (#17942218)
So, is this a bad thing or a good thing?
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Re:Your Face Is Not a Bar Code (2003) by UncleEntity on Saturday September 08, 2018 @06:05PM (#17943051)
Well, when they were talking about it becoming fully active not too long ago there was a lot of talk of fines being "the last resort" after warnings and whatnot -- then you have multi-billion euro lawsuits on the very first day the regulators could go after the corporations.
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Re:Your Face Is Not a Bar Code (2003) by yardie on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:48PM (#17942704)
Yes, when you’re a trillion dollar company a billion dollar fine drives home the point.
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