@SwiftOnSecurity
»You lived a long and prosperous life, being a DPA officer...«
»How do you know?«
»You know, I know everything, since I am god.«
»And I am a DPA officer and an EU citizen and I did not consent to this data collection and you have no legitimate interest except for your business model so I'll claim damages based on article 82 now and you will be fined, too. How much yearly revenue do you make?«
@SwiftOnSecurity Well, I guess that makes me some kind of a priest then… ¯_ (ツ)_/¯
Let's write a new European holly book.
"The path of the internet user is beset on all sides by the advertisements of the scammers and the tyranny of data brokers. Blessed is he who, in the name of privacy and personal data protection, shepherds the common users through the valley of cookies walls, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with legal action and corrective power those who attempt to resell my brother's personal data. And you will know my name is the data protection authority when I lay my administrative fines upon thee."
@SwiftOnSecurity GPDR is not divine, but it grows on you. You just have to know the historical development to understand the different mindsets in the US and the EU.
My speech goes like this: "What does (my home state of) Hesse have in common with California?" - They were the first in their countries to pass data protection legislation.
Here comes the clincher: "When was that?" - In 1970 and 2020, respectively.
The first nationwide milestone was back in 1983 when the Federal Constitutional Court stopped a planned census because it would violate the privacy rights of individual citizens.
So, we are just more than 50 years ahead of you in the development of privacy protection. It will probably be a few years before the managers of US Big-Tech companies will / can understand the European approach - and adopt it.
@SwiftOnSecurity if you wish to receive a blessing instead of a cookie, please click your preference in the pop-up and cross your arms when approaching the altar.
@philpem@SwiftOnSecurity Funny enough I've had some pretty serious GDPR violations coming from UK being handed to my state's GDPR officer - let's see what comes out of it.
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