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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by m3kw9 on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:42PM (#48463504)
EU privacy laws are not there to protect your privacy, its there because the law makers don't know how modern privacy works and wants their name on the law so it seems they did something.
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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by adrianN on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:50PM (#48463643)
I think you should elaborate a bit on that because to me it seems that EU privacy laws are actually fairly good at protecting privacy.
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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by flumpcakes on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:47PM (#48463611)
EU has some of the best consumer protection and privacy laws on the planet.
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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by m3kw9 on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:29PM (#48464335)
Their laws are basically the equivalent of if there is no code, there are no bugs. EU laws forces citizens to get no new tech, privacy preserved.
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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by microtonal on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @02:08PM (#48465057)
Uhm no, EU privacy laws are actually pretty simple: do not collect data you don't need without asking consent from a user first.

Which should IMO be the basic principle worldwide. But unfortunately in many countries, companies are more powerful than governments/regulators, so they get to grab everything they can get their hands on.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by izacus on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:37PM (#48464483)
Man, if we had computers in EU we'd be really angry at your dumb false posts.
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