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>GDPR is just there to protect the privacy of EU citizens and that's that.

From what exactly? You'll see where I was going when you try to answer that simple question.

Because your answer will be -- tech giants.




From having their information processed/sold without their consent. There is nothing implicit in the regulation that targets "tech giants".


Nothing explicit* in the regulation -- but -- it IS the tech giants that egregiously guilty of:

>From having their information processed/sold without their consent.

The targeting of tech giants is implicit here.


Sure. That must be why the first fines were levied at a restaurant, a hospital and a bank.


Yes some of the tech giants are guilty of this. And some aren't. And also some non-giants are guilty of this. And some non-giants aren't. This is a possible kick in the nuts for Facebook and Google. It's not so much for Apple or Netflix, for example.

I don't think it's fair to make the grouping "tech giants " here. It's the "ad-giants". It's the companies whose business model is personal information. It's a small subset of the tech giants. In fact, much smaller adtech companies probably have a lot more to lose from GDPR than fb and google have.

Facebook, unlike a lot of online services, would still be able to target ads just because they know what people like without using any information people haven't consented to. A random news website on the other hand has to start showing me (a man) ads for women's clothing because news sites can't be as sure about my gender (or taste in fashion) as facebook is. So as weith so many things, I think the GDPR is just serving to reinforce the position of facebook, not the other way around.


No, the answer is "Anyone infringes on those rights."

It just so happens that some "Tech Giants" fit into that category.


>No, the answer is "Anyone infringes on those rights."

Nope a small American firm can infringe those rights and face zero consequences. A US Multinational with operations in Europe can't.

So implicitly -- bigger companies are targeted as they have more of a global footprint.



Since you can't read your own link:

>The second exception is for organizations with fewer than 250 employees. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are not totally exempt from the GDPR, but the regulation does free them from record-keeping obligations in most cases (see Article 30.5).


So "Tech Giants" are "anyone with >250 employees"..

That's a mighty tight clutch you have on those straws.




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