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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by jorvi on Saturday September 10, 2022 @08:28AM (#32790016)
> GDPR basically gives free reign to government services on the internet (but it restricts everyone else)

This is such a laughable statement that’s dripping in American corporatism. You know full well the GDPRs main purpose is privacy protection and the main “everyone else” that is being restricted is the data glutton American tech companies.

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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by seydor on Saturday September 10, 2022 @08:57AM (#32790202)
I m an EU citizen and gdpr does not protect me from arbitrary police searches etc. It merely legitimizes them by giving a 'faux legal framework' around them
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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by jorvi on Saturday September 10, 2022 @09:00AM (#32790215)
> and gdpr does not protect me from arbitrary police searches

It never needed to because criminal law already does that. You had protection from illegal search or seizure long long before the internet even became a thing.

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