cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52834195

https://archive.is/je5sj

“If adopted, these amendments would not simplify compliance but hollow out the GDPR’s and ePrivacy’s core guarantees: purpose limitation, accountability, and independent oversight,” Itxaso Dominguez de Olazabal, from the European Digital Rights group, told EUobserver.

The draft includes adjustments to what is considered “personal data,” a key component of the GDPR and protected by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Sounds like the problem is lack of enforcement of the existing laws rather than the existing laws being bad.

      To provide an extreme example, just because there’s a wave of murders doesn’t mean murder should be made legal.

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      See, my first thought would be to crack down on the tech parasites that are ruining out society instead of changing the law to accommodate them. But I’m just a dumb American who lives in a place where corporations are allowed to do whatever they want including killing whistleblowers, but I’m sure that the fascist parties taking power in Europe won’t do that.

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      7 hours ago

      Then why change the rules? The article’s author seems quite convinced that this will make AI training easier.

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        Because they want to strip the right to privacy so they can better monetize

        Naive to think the GDPR is stopping anyone now.

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          Naive to think the GDPR is stopping anyone now.

          So again, why change the rules? If the GDPR is already ineffective there’s no need to loosen it more.

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            7 hours ago

            Are you asking me why some in Europe want to make it legal? Because they’re already doing it, just they want to make it legal

            Make sense?

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              If they’re already doing it then no change is necessary. So why change it?

              If making it legal makes it easier for them to do, then that was my original point. That’s why I think they’re making the change.

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                7 hours ago

                Because laws are supposed to have teeth and consequences There is zero doubt that everything public on the internet or otherwise is consumed and aggregated by these companies; you still don’t understand why weakening regulations benefits them?

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                  So you are saying that weakening these regulations makes it easier for these companies to train AI on that data?

                  That’s exactly what I’ve been saying all along too. I’m not sure what you think is being argued about here, or what you think I’m not understanding.

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                    6 hours ago

                    You’re the one asking questions about changing it

                    It’s clear that weaker regulations allow them to do more with impunity as I originally stated