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Re:CNIL imposes a financial penalty of 50M euros against Google by sdenton4 on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:27PM (#18961852)
I dunno, man. I read this stuff as France collecting taxes vindictively, while not really caring how the regulations play out in the larger ecosystem.

At some point French regulators we pushing for a rule that any processing of French citizens had to be done in France... Which is a great combination of untenable and an obvious jobs program.

Likewise, this comes across as incredibly arbitrary, with enforcement driven by fines rather than actual clear regulations. Non compliance on their own website just hammers it home.

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Re:CNIL imposes a financial penalty of 50M euros against Google by heavenlyblue on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:59PM (#18963994)
>> At some point French regulators we pushing for a rule that any processing of French citizens had to be done in France... Which is a great combination of untenable and an obvious jobs program.

Why not, though? If Trump is promising the leave NATO without the military support from the US, then EU has every reason to create the laws that enforce that commitment.

The fact is that as of now, the larger ecosystem is not in a balanced state at all.

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