All the GDPR did was make it harder for the smaller players. It was a massive win for Facebook and Google.
We will improve next time. We will improve next time. We will improve next time.
Why do you let someone exist after so many times the same? Change the institutions first rather than keep trying with failed engine. The structure. The elections. Power distribution.
Changing chasey won't do when the engine and transmission is broken.
Who owns you, or do you consider yourself immune?
0. https://noqreport.com/2020/04/26/rep-thomas-massie-has-a-pla...
The verbiage is so general and far reaching the other way that it’s impossible to know if you’re doing things right.
Unless you want to higher a legal team, for small businesses, it’s just not worth it.
The GDPR is very clearly written, as far as legislation goes.
It's really not hard to understand, unless you're wilfully trying to misunderstand it.
It's about the work needed to comply vs. the risk vs. the possible benefits.
1. Work to read an interpret legislation means lawyers. If you think you understand a law because it "seems" to be simple to understand you are fucking wrong. Words in law tend to mean different things and refer to other laws, precedents, principles and treaties.
2. The benefits are often small for international businesses. EU customers? Do you care? Probably not.
3. The risks are MASSIVE for breaking the GDPR.
So, in cost/benefit, it's a massive "I'm not touching that".
- for the customer all the hoops he has to jump through now to get serviced because corporations implemented those in order to be "compliant" (e.g. I just tried to get detailed information for an expected UPS delivery - instead of a simple click it requires registration with "UPS My Choice", meaning one page for logging in with FB/Google/Amazon/Twitter or a new account, one page for detailed disclaimer and terms, one page for country/postcode input, one page with my detailed name, address, e-mail, phone number, more T&C acceptance, ...)
- for the company to design, evaluate with a lawyer all these procedures and related customer services.
Perhaps you will never be in the position to see it from a small company's side, but don't deny that you're as annoyed as everyone else with all the explicit consent forms.
IP blocking is easier than mangling every business and technical process to follow it.