I don't really understand the GDPR, maybe because I'm not a lawyer.
For example, the GDPR states:
>An establishment's failure to designate an EU Representative is considered ignorance of the regulation and relevant obligations, which itself is a violation of the GDPR subject to fines of up to €10 million or up to 2% of the annual worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year in case of an enterprise, whichever is greater. The intentional or negligent (willful blindness) character of the infringement (failure to designate an EU Representative) may rather constitute aggravating factors.... Businesses must report data breaches to national supervisory authorities within 72 hours if they have an adverse effect on user privacy. In some cases, violators of the GDPR may be fined up to €20 million or up to 4% of the annual worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year in case of an enterprise, whichever is greater...
Why have neither of these been done? Speaking as an American who has spent his entire adult life advocating on these issues, it personally offends me when I basically get myself punted out of so called civil society trying to get a law like this enacted, and then our so called "allies" across the pond refuse to utilize it.
Here in "The States", folks used to joke "I'll believe corporations are people when they execute one in Texas"... given the EU's views on the death penalty, maybe some of these companies should be given what the Chinese would call "death with a suspended sentence"[1] -- fine them the full two to four percent, and use that money to fund things like universal health care, pensions, and the rebuilding of critical infrastructure instead of... well, based on my last trip to Tim Hortons[2], it looks like the new hotness is building a buncha condos that sit empty and drive up the rents -- but it's been a while, so I'll let any Canadians who want to wander in below and give their thoughts the floor.
The above is what I like to call "venture socialism". It is not communism, it is not even really socialism, more just... republicanism. But I can understand why even that feels violent and oppressive to... some people.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence_with_reprieve
[2] Fun fact: for many Americans, the cost of a passport, let alone an international vacation is out of bounds -- once you understand this, a lot of the past four to forty years begins to make sense.
I can change the bio to a quote more literary in a bit if that'll help you address my ideas instead of my reputation.
Folks seem to pick and choose when to take me seriously in the hacker scene, which is amusing considering rumor has it "Chapo Trap House" is a reference to what the portmanteau of DNS requests coming out of my college house share looked like to the local FBI field office during the Pittsburgh G20.
Spoiler alert: One guy was playing a lot of illegal poker, one guy was really into certain types of... free expression... and one was discovering the joys of democratic socialism as he did experiments on undergrads like Bill Murray at the beginning of Ghostbusters as he pirated everything on the IMDB Top 250. Guess which one was me, and you win a special prize.
I can change the bio to a quote more literary in a bit if that'll help you address my ideas instead of my reputation.
Folks seem to pick and choose when to take me seriously in the hacker scene, which is amusing considering rumor has it "Chapo Trap House" is a reference to what the portmanteau of DNS requests coming out of my college house share looked like to the local FBI field office.
(Spoiler alert: One guy was playing a lot of illegal poker, one guy was really into certain types of pornography, and one was discovering the joys of democratic socialism as he did experiments on undergrads like Bill Murray at the beginning of Ghostbusters... guess which one was me, and you win a special prize.)
For example, the GDPR states:
>An establishment's failure to designate an EU Representative is considered ignorance of the regulation and relevant obligations, which itself is a violation of the GDPR subject to fines of up to €10 million or up to 2% of the annual worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year in case of an enterprise, whichever is greater. The intentional or negligent (willful blindness) character of the infringement (failure to designate an EU Representative) may rather constitute aggravating factors.... Businesses must report data breaches to national supervisory authorities within 72 hours if they have an adverse effect on user privacy. In some cases, violators of the GDPR may be fined up to €20 million or up to 4% of the annual worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year in case of an enterprise, whichever is greater...
Why have neither of these been done? Speaking as an American who has spent his entire adult life advocating on these issues, it personally offends me when I basically get myself punted out of so called civil society trying to get a law like this enacted, and then our so called "allies" across the pond refuse to utilize it.
Here in "The States", folks used to joke "I'll believe corporations are people when they execute one in Texas"... given the EU's views on the death penalty, maybe some of these companies should be given what the Chinese would call "death with a suspended sentence"[1] -- fine them the full two to four percent, and use that money to fund things like universal health care, pensions, and the rebuilding of critical infrastructure instead of... well, based on my last trip to Tim Hortons[2], it looks like the new hotness is building a buncha condos that sit empty and drive up the rents -- but it's been a while, so I'll let any Canadians who want to wander in below and give their thoughts the floor.
The above is what I like to call "venture socialism". It is not communism, it is not even really socialism, more just... republicanism. But I can understand why even that feels violent and oppressive to... some people.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence_with_reprieve [2] Fun fact: for many Americans, the cost of a passport, let alone an international vacation is out of bounds -- once you understand this, a lot of the past four to forty years begins to make sense.