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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by anfogoat on Thursday February 02, 2023 @03:48PM (#34632754)
> GDPR was passed not that long ago.

Sorry, I should have been more careful. It's a citizen versus a consumer thing; GDPR is about the latter and does not give you any real privacy gains in regards to your government except in areas where your relationship is business like.

Some Menial Low-Stakes Agency is required to handle your email and address details appropriately, sure, but meanwhile Europol was still able to mass collect data and have the Commission cover for them after they were found out.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by poorlyknit on Thursday February 02, 2023 @07:20PM (#34635358)
GDPR actually specifically regulates citizen-government interactions as well (article 2), with special exceptions for law enforcement (article 2.2.d).

You could of course argue that authorities can still make up any kind of law enforcement related reason to exclude you anyways :)

Edit: My point is sorta that the exceptions are a whitelist not a blacklist.

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