I think GDPR being a weapon to attack companies is a good thing.
I've always thought that the bad aspect of GDPR is that it's General. We have in Slovenia a strict law about privacy and personal data protection. Companies with Slovene customers had to implement country specific notices and contracts, but GDPR made that easier. Especially for companies.
That's how I viewed it; as a legislation that allows companies to harvest user data easily and that's the main point why I was against it.
This comment sort of opened my mind a bit, now the same central legislation can also be used for the benefit of the people, since a legislation enforcement agency does not have to know so much regulation to defend user data. Though on the other hand, the GDPR is pretty long, much longer than slovenian law (we didn't implement GDPR yet, SI is currently paying fees for not implementing it).
Note: Big AFAIK -- law is really not something I understand, please correct me or add your opinion.
I've always thought that the bad aspect of GDPR is that it's General. We have in Slovenia a strict law about privacy and personal data protection. Companies with Slovene customers had to implement country specific notices and contracts, but GDPR made that easier. Especially for companies.
That's how I viewed it; as a legislation that allows companies to harvest user data easily and that's the main point why I was against it.
This comment sort of opened my mind a bit, now the same central legislation can also be used for the benefit of the people, since a legislation enforcement agency does not have to know so much regulation to defend user data. Though on the other hand, the GDPR is pretty long, much longer than slovenian law (we didn't implement GDPR yet, SI is currently paying fees for not implementing it).
Note: Big AFAIK -- law is really not something I understand, please correct me or add your opinion.