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"It is harder for small and new companies to comply and crowds them out"

Show us some proof the GDPR is harder for small and new businesses to comply.

The headline is just a wee bit sensational..

Story from the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43893420

"Our Marketing team is excited to share moments that spotlight the magic of your events. In order to accommodate the specific needs of every user, you have the option to opt out of Section 7 by sending written notice of your decision to opt-out to legal@eventbrite.com." Source: https://twitter.com/I00I00I/status/987540833384546304

So Eventbrite asks for a 'written notification' after you've setup instead of using an opt-in setting during setup, dirty fuckers.

No it's bloody not.

More bollox. Just stop fucking lying, you're just showing yourself to be an ignorant ass.

"piece of legislation intended to cripple US corporations and supplement EU budgets with US corporate profits".

The most ignorant fucking statement I have read on HN in a long time. The 2016 GDPR is an update to the 2002 EU Data Protection Regulation. It has nothing to do with taxes, profits or crippling any company. It is an enforcement of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

His opinion "I wonder why the EU is an afterthought when you need to spend millions on compliance for every new feature" is not backed up by any facts. If he had said that meeting the legal requirements in 28 different independent and sovereign countries adds too much cost then he would be correct.

Remember the EU Single Market and Custom Union does not cover every aspect of commerce and industry across all 28 member states.

Having said that, the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) which applies to Stripe, will remove any remaining barriers and costs that still exist between member states when applied to the provision of electronic payments. If one was to add in the eIDAS directive then meeting compliance for identity, fraud, etc will soon be irrelevant.

1) GDPR applies to EU citizens only 2) Nothing to do with EEA.

What the fuck are you smoking. Five fucking years this legislation has been open for public discussion, thousands of hours of open hearings. Every arsehole has had their five minutes. Every fucking detail and possible consequence discussed and argued over. Nearly two fucking years since it became law across the EU, a month from going into force and fucking ignorant clowns like you pop up with the dumbest fucking takes.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da...

Every Data Protection Office in the EU Member states has published guidance for business and individiuls. Here's the British ICO: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da...

There was real time video surveillance of the building, both external/internal by Dutch and another unnamed European agency. Also RT published the names of the two officers who controlled the G2 account: Sergei Afanasyev, GRU Deputy Chief and Grigoriy Viktorovich Molchanov, Head of the GRU Academy.

'qualified and experienced economists' Name them!

Those other people are HMD Gobal. They are in essence Nokia's former employees who worked in the Mobile phone division. When Nokia sold the mobile division to Microsoft most of those employees, management, sales, marketing, design and engineering went to Microsoft. Subsequently when Microsoft shutdown the old Nokia mobile division those now ex Nokia, ex Microsoft staff started HMD. It's literally based across the road from their original office's in the Nokia HQ. For the most part it is Nokia, just with a different name and different ownership but same design and engineering principles.

HMD Gobal. Building 2, Nokia Campus, Karaportti, 02610 Espoo, Finland.

That website is run by a private company. A lot of the information on that website is wrong.

Here is a correct explanation in English of GDPR from the Irish regulator: http://gdprandyou.ie/

Also the UK regulator: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da...

ECJ already ruled against the UK on this issue and because they did Tom Watson was able to apply to the UK courts (CoA) for a review of the legislation.

The chart from the video. https://theglassroom.org/files/2016/11/FAF-Glassroom.pdf

"competition will give us cheap, reliable, and feature-filled service". Really, I would love to see the evidence that this would be the case.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-wi...

I think you just summed up the political plan laid by Newt Gingrich in the 1980's when he brought the religious movements into the GOP and executed his 'Contract with America'. It was a plan of domination by all means necessary.

Can you provide a link? Considering I work in the Irish Government, Dept of Foreign Affairs, I would appreciate you providing what it is that HMG has offered, that we the Irish Government have accepted and that you claim the EU will not allow. Please I'll wait. (For those of you not aware the commentator is talking complete bollox.)

A rational business person would attempt to sell it. They would also keep the websites and content online with advertising systems intact as to allow for some residual revenue. This guy didn't attempt to sell the business and had the websites and archives deleted.

Walt Mossberg‏ @waltmossberg Perspective: Mac revenues alone in Apple’s qtr just released were $7+ billion. At an annual rate, that would put the Mac in the Fortune 100.

Is Walt correct on this?

This is a fantastic read. I can not stop laughing.

"Will we have a CRYING PILE OF POO next? PILE OF POO WITH TONGUE STICKING OUT? PILE OF POO WITH QUESTION MARKS FOR EYES? PILE OF POO WITH KARAOKE MIC? Will we have to encode a neutral FACELESS PILE OF POO?”

What blows my mind is that you believe it.

From the same report what White American's (Conservatives's) think/believe:

“The political climate is focused on repressing Caucasians, especially white males.”

“I believe that BLM and Antifa are terrorist groups and are as antithetical to the United States as any neo-Nazi group or white nationalist group.”

“I don’t believe climate change is happening because of humans.”

“I work in a totally PC environment and if I dare state that I feel homosexuality or sexual promiscuity is not in line with what the Bible teaches, I feel attacked and accused of being insensitive.”

“Blacks can have things that are just for them, but no one else can.”

This has all the signs of a failed state. A government (US) that won't and can't provide the basic recovery assistance after a major natural disaster.

I see all the EU state aid and Single Market specialists are on here giving there expert opinions.

Is it listed as a news article ?

Twice in the header of the page are the words Opinion.

Not much affect with regards to the EU as net neutrality became EU law in 2015.

There are 54 representatives from member countries that decide the funding allocation. This funding was directed at the Digital sectors in the Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland and Sweden.