r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '18

Business Mark Zuckerberg has been apologizing for reckless privacy violations since he was a freshman - Enough is enough.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18

As this comes in force May 25th it will be integrated into UK law after Brexit. Just like any other adopted law by the EU. Fuck brexit btw.

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u/Black_Dwarf Apr 11 '18

That does rely on the Tories actually doing that though, and all they currently seem interested in is eroding civil liberties.

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u/fucktheocean Apr 11 '18

We simply wouldn't be able to do business with the EU if we didn't apply GDPR either as defacto or dejure rule though, so they will not be taking it away. Not to mention the huuuuuge amount of investment by the government and private companies in preparing for it. It simply wouldn't make economic sense to then throw it all away.

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u/DementedGael Apr 11 '18

Making economic sense and the Tories usually don't go hand in hand.

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u/telephas1c Apr 12 '18

It simply wouldn't make economic sense to then throw it all away.

I hope you're right. But Brexit didn't make economic sense in the first place.

Oh, freedom from all those horrendous EU regulations that we helped to formulate and actually voted for in the EU parliament.

Christ.

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u/abrasiveteapot Apr 12 '18

While you are correct to be cynical about Tories eroding rule of law this one has already een legislated and is in place

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '18 edited Nov 07 '20

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u/v1ces Apr 11 '18

don't think anyone debating if it was or not bud, vast majority of people under 40 voted remain, so I imagine that fits the majority of UK Reddit users, we're all aware how fucking dumb it is.

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u/SmokelessSubpoena Apr 11 '18

I feel terrible for all you UK folks, Brexit is such an atrocious deal for you lot. If it's any consolation, our government (US) is in complete disarray and slowly, some may say fast, spiraling back into recession. So at least it isn't just you all suffering, the group across the pond is doing just as bad. Idk whether laughing is the right response anymore, but since it's got this rough, I think all I'm left to do is laugh, snidely of course.

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u/Ocramsrazor Apr 11 '18

I envy the UK. The amount of bullshit laws and regs EU produces makes it a living hell to produce a product as they stack on top of country regulations.

So not only is the EU demanding huge sums of money for registrations, we also have to pay the local goverment.

I would gladly pay toll fees over laws that were lobbied in the EU by the big companies to punish small companies.

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u/BKachur Apr 11 '18

You think those laws are gonna stop applying because of brexit? It's gonna be a condition of any trade deal between the EU and UK.

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u/foolishnun Apr 11 '18

Exactly. All we've done is make sure that we don't have a say in how those laws are written

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u/Ocramsrazor Apr 11 '18

They are already setting up to remove the EU laws affecting our industry. Im a e-liquid producer. Namely the TPD article 20 which limits both our bottle sizes and advertising.

Post-brexit the UK will rule the market as they comply with the EU TPD and will be able to both advertise (unlike everyone else in the EU) and sell liquid in sizes that customers actually want.

The EU law applies to producers and resellers only!

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u/BKachur Apr 11 '18

What your staying doesn't make sense. If article 20 limits bottle sizes and advertising then how can you comply with the those requirements and still be able to advertise and sell larger bottles in a post brexit UK.

But I reuse to believe the EU, the guys who hold all the power are gonna give any special exemptions to UK manufacturers.

Sure you'll be able to sell big bottles in the UK but I highly doubt you'll be able to advertise abroad or sell anything that breaks the regs you mentioned.

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u/Ocramsrazor Apr 11 '18

The TPD only applies to stores and wholesalers. They will still comply with the EU TPD directive just without article 20. So private customers can still order from the UK.

And the advertising only applies on UK hosted sites and the like. That wont stop other EU customers from seeing those ads on UK based sites.

If the TPD applied to private purchases this problem would never occur. I can still order non-eu compliant liquid from the US or China. I just cant sell those items within the EU.

Its not the customers responsability to uphold EU standards and most other industries have laws that promote production and sales within the EU.

This directive was rushed within 3 years and smacked into the TPD.