Amazon hit with record EU data privacy fine, 746 million euros

Still pocket change to a trillion dollar company. To companies this size, fines are just part of the normal operating cost.

I can tell by the number of comments here that nobody is surprised. We have gotten used to these tech companies being the

Can't edit or delete post above, so...

I can tell by your reasoning here that you make assumptions about reality based on the number of comments in a duplicate thread. Which is strange.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28006989

Friendly reminder that when EU hits you with fines of this magnitude, then they are probably _also_ mad at your for other reasons too. Like doing your damnest to not pay any corporate taxes.

At this point, EU is using GDPR the same way US used IRS against Capone.