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Data Protection Commission fines Google €403M over processing of location data

79 points · 39 comments · DeepLogin

  1. tempodox · · focus · HN ↗
    They need to multiply by 100 to move that fine out of “cost of doing business” range.
    1. ocdtrekkie · · focus · HN ↗
      They just need to ban these companies from operating in their countries. They are fundamentally burdens on society run by bad people.

      Your best case scenario with fines is getting them into the narrow definition of compliance just until a new "innovation" gives them a different way to conduct the same abuse while evading the letter of previous judgments.

      1. flir · · focus · HN ↗
        Result would be Balkanizing the internet. The cure might be worse than the disease.
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