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Re:Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company by icebraining on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @02:48PM (#18079059)
Which is why the GDPR has a reduced level of obligations for companies under 250 employees (see article 30).
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Re:Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company by yeahforsureman on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:07PM (#18079238)
Not really. You're talking about an exception to only one obligation (record-keeping). And even that is relevant only where the processing is "not occasional".
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Re:Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company by icebraining on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:33PM (#18079454)
A small company is also less likely to need a DPO.
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Re:Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company by lotu on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:45PM (#18080101)
When Instagram was bought by Facebook I think it had 13 employees. Would they not of had to comply with GDPR then?
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Re:Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company by icebraining on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @08:14PM (#18081311)
Everyone has to comply with the GDPR, it's just that bigger companies have extra requirements to fulfill.
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Re:Ex-Google Employee Urges Lawmakers to Take on Company by vxNsr on Thursday September 27, 2018 @02:43AM (#18082505)
Similarly, Whatsapp had 55 at the time of the purchase.
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