Re:Japan HP accidentally deleted 77TB data in Kyoto U. super...
by eof on Thursday December 30, 2021 @09:26AM
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My take away (as westerner with zero direct Japanese culture exposure) from the comment you’re replying to was that in Japan, companies are incentivized to take on some measure of ownership and voluntary restitution, because there is some legal notion in Japan around “honest mistakes not being litigable if they are genuinely rectified.”
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Re:Japan HP accidentally deleted 77TB data in Kyoto U. super...
by gowld on Thursday December 30, 2021 @11:42AM
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In the US "genuinely rectified" is the standard for civil suit ("actual damages" for negligence, and "specific performance" or monetary equivalent for contracts). Punitive damages are added only for malicious intent.
The reason many US companies don't apologize is because they don't want to make restitution, and can get away without paying.
Re:Japan HP accidentally deleted 77TB data in Kyoto U. super...
by Aeolun on Thursday December 30, 2021 @10:32AM
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I think it’s more that legal measures would not be employed, rather than that they are legally unactionable.
You could have an uphill battle against an unsympathetic judge in front of you if you sue anyway though.