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tentacleuno
on Jan 6, 2022
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Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-comp...
Does this mean the sites will only be fixed in France? They only seem to cite French legislation as the reason for the fine:
> This constitutes an infringement of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act.
nottorp
on Jan 6, 2022
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Most likely. And in 3-10 years when they run out of appeals.
tentacleuno
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Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if they implement this as a France-only thing, considering a lot of other regions haven't put their foot down yet. It's scummy, but I've come to expect it from these corporations.
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> This constitutes an infringement of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act.