Re:New EU Law Removes Digital Privacy
by account42 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:32AM
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> I am unable to reply directly.
If you go to the comment's page [0] you can click "vouch" to reincarnate the comment if you believe it should be part of the discussion.
This does not always work. In this case, it did not help.
Re:New EU Law Removes Digital Privacy
by haneefmubarak on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:31AM
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I vouched too, the comment seemed like it was attempting to participate in good faith in the conversation. Looks like it's live now :)
> in the entire EU there have been _only_ 800, let's say 1k such violations?
No, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Not all violations with fines/punishment are made public, and a vast majority of non-egregious violations will not result in a fine/punishment in the first place because the competent DPA will send a letter outlining what's wrong, how to fix it, and what the consequences will be if it's not fixed.
Those transgressors will simply very quickly come into compliance to avoid the trouble and the affair will not be made public.