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0 pointscroes1y ago0 comments

How is the GDPR big-brother-like-thinking?

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The GDPR is the "nobody can compromise your privacy" part and the surveillance is the "except me" part. Big Brother's whole spiel was "we're watching over you for your own good".

To clarify, I like the GDPR, and wish the EU would give us more of that and less of the surveillance.

croesOP1y ago

But because of the privacy laws their surveillance laws get sacked in court.

Same with their attempts to make the data export to the US legal.

Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield, etc. They try and try but fail every time because it's always the same just a different name.

Hopefully that prevails.

stavros1y ago

That's good, though I suspect it's a bit of a losing battle. I'll keep protesting, at any rate. I look forward to more GDPR, DMA, etc. Those make me glad I live in the EU.

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stavros1y ago

The GDPR is the "nobody can compromise your privacy" part and the surveillance is the "except me" part. Big Brother's whole spiel was "we're watching over you for your own good".

To clarify, I like the GDPR, and wish the EU would give us more of that and less of the surveillance.

croesOP1y ago

But because of the privacy laws their surveillance laws get sacked in court.

Same with their attempts to make the data export to the US legal.

Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield, etc. They try and try but fail every time because it's always the same just a different name.

Hopefully that prevails.

stavros1y ago

That's good, though I suspect it's a bit of a losing battle. I'll keep protesting, at any rate. I look forward to more GDPR, DMA, etc. Those make me glad I live in the EU.

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