GDPR - is it good or bad?

[underbank]

I think the additional fines that GDPR brings in may well have an impact. Because really, a lot of the behaviours GDPR is aimed at are already either illegal or operate in a legal grey area anyway, its just the punishments have never been enough of a deterrent.

Whether the punishment is £1,000 or £1million is irrelevant if the firms aren't policed/supervised. What about non UK/EU countries, i.e. Nigerian/Russian scams etc - do the UK/EU authorities have any means of prosecuting outside their jurisdiction, after all fraudsters etc get away with it at the moment because of lack of cross-border co-operating/laws into the dodgier countries.

 

[PeterC]

SNIP
- I've never dealt with Ticketmaster, ever.

I had one from a TOC that I have never travelled with. Seems like when reail franchises have been re-let all the customer data and implied or explicit consents have gone with it. I would hope that GDPR will put a stop to this but I am sure that a suitable loophole will be found.

 

[AM9]

Whether the punishment is £1,000 or £1million is irrelevant if the firms aren't policed/supervised. What about non UK/EU countries, i.e. Nigerian/Russian scams etc - do the UK/EU authorities have any means of prosecuting outside their jurisdiction, after all fraudsters etc get away with it at the moment because of lack of cross-border co-operating/laws into the dodgier countries.

Fraud is covered by a different law. There are plenty of fraudulent practices operated from within both the EU and the UK.
As far as prosecuting Nigerian/Russian fraud goes, without any extradition agreement with those countries, there's little chance of any success. The issue of the GDPR remedies is much more serious for global (legitimate) operations such as Facebook, Google and Amazon. They have not been totally honest in the way that our data is handled to date. From now on, they face the threat of serious penalties if acts are proven. Their ability to operate in the EU would be withdrawn. That's a market of around $20trillion, much too big to shrug off, unlike the UK alone which is currently about $2.6trillion and might be worth a punt to them.

 

[najaB]

What about non UK/EU countries, i.e. Nigerian/Russian scams etc - do the UK/EU authorities have any means of prosecuting outside their jurisdiction, after all fraudsters etc get away with it...

I got terrible coverage using a claw hammer to put emulsion paint on a wall too. Oh, sorry. I thought we were complaining about the uselessness of tools at jobs that they weren't designed for.

 

[Crossover]

Something I did notice is that I believe the new TPE WiFi no longer has the tick box ticked to accept marketing email - I also had to sign up again when I used it last Saturday, too

 

[87 027]

It’s worth noting that in the GDPR itself Article 23 (Restrictions) gives national governments the right to limit the application of Articles 12-23 (Rights of the data subject) and Article 34 (Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject). The UK has taken advantage of these exemptions for a number of public bodies and these are set out in Schedule 2 of the new Data Protection Act 2018. I suspect not too many people are aware of this.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/pdfs/ukpga_20180012_en.pdf

 

[krus_aragon]

these are set out in Schedule 2 of the new Data Protection Act 2018. I suspect not too many people are aware of this.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/pdfs/ukpga_20180012_en.pdf

£39.25?! I'm glad it's available online for free.