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0 pointsiSnow7y ago0 comments

We are getting there, thanks to the EU. The GDPR directive has teeth, and it /will/ affect all larger US companies as well.

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Have there been any notable cases of actual enforcement GDPR enforcement yet?

iSnowOP7y ago

Only small fry. Knuddels, a German chat platform, was fined for a data breach and storing passwords unencrypted.

But data protection institutions are warming up for taking Facebook to task: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/04/facebook-data-breach-top-eu-... - the 1.6bn is way over the top since FB informed customers in time, but still this will be a lighthouse case.

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0 pointsiSnow7y ago0 comments

We are getting there, thanks to the EU. The GDPR directive has teeth, and it /will/ affect all larger US companies as well.

Have there been any notable cases of actual enforcement GDPR enforcement yet?

iSnowOP7y ago

Only small fry. Knuddels, a German chat platform, was fined for a data breach and storing passwords unencrypted.

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