Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4M high-risk clients has leaked

Re:Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4M high-risk clients has leaked by dmix on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @03:24PM (#19266605)

Shouldn't we see if GDPR actually starts preventing these leaks before declaring it a success? I'd imagine it being a 'success' is a predicate on it being useful right?

Not just punishing the small percentage who get 'caught' while doing nothing to actually help the problem - ala the drug war. And for everyone who thinks it's just big evil companies who get punished, one of the first GDPR fines was $4k against an Austrian small business owner whose video surveillance around his building was deemed too broad it violated peoples privacy.

I'm not declaring GDPR a failure by any means but all policy must be judged on a long-term full-picture basis. Not simply on "good intentions" of the bill + a few high visibility wins early on, then moving on as if the world is a better place.

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Re:Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4M high-risk clients has leaked by dsr_ on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @04:13PM (#19266987)

GDPR doesn't prevent leaks any more than anti-speeding laws prevent speeding.

GDPR tells you what you can't do and what the penalty is for being caught in violation, just like a speeding law tells you what speed you can't exceed and what the penalty is for being caught.

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