Re:Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising
by lolsal on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:44AM
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If my information gets leaked and my identity compromised, you think $10-100 is reasonable compensation? I like the idea but I don't think we can put any sort of numbers on damages like this before it happens.
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Re:Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising
by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @01:20PM
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We need a minimal sum to enable lawsuita.
Every time there is a leak, you have to prove you've suffered damages.
That's hard to prove: even if someone commited massive fraud with your identify, you dont know if the data came from this leak, or from 10 other leaks.
Setting a minimum would mean thay you can immediately fine conpanies for loosing millions of records in one lawsuit, instead of a million suits proving that each particular claimant was harmed