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Old 22-03-2018, 12:27   #1224
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
It's necessary and Jon has explained to you why this is so. We're now in the 21st century, not the 19th. Even the week's revelations about Cambridge Analytica should have made you consider your posts more laterally as they could be classified as a small organisation.
Stating on your website in plain language why you are collecting information and the purpose for what it will be used for is not a burden, it's common sense and people are entitled to dealing with organisations that operate in this way. Your suggested approach of telling people that your data is being collected and they should refer to sub-section 7.1.2 of a particular regulation is unfair to most people who are not legally-trained.
Once again, you start off with the the objective of trying to criticise the EU and trying to get the facts to fit your thesis. Like a square peg in a round hole, they don't.
I am not saying that data shouldn't be protected, Andrew, I am saying that the legislation should set out how organisations deal with personal data.

For example, rather than have every organisation having to state that they will only use personal data for the purposes for which it was collected, the legislation itself should say something like:

'Where an organisation collects personal data by consent, it shall not use such data for any purpose that has not been agreed by the subject.'

It really is that simple, and it is a good example of how the EU seems to prefer always to tie everyone up in red tape.

Contrary to what you say, it certainly is a burden for small businesses, particularly when you remember that if you select the wrong category for describing the data usage, you cannot subsequently put it into a more appropriate category as you will be deemed to have breached the regulation. So you have to report yourself immediately you realise and face a huge fine!

This regulation is oppressive and should never have been enacted in its present form.
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