[anti-abuse-wg] GDPR - positive effects on email abuse
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Brian Nisbet
brian.nisbet at heanet.ie
Mon May 28 18:15:01 CEST 2018
It may interest you and other members of the WG to know that cases are already being brought: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/max-schrems-files-first-cases-under-gdpr-against-facebook-and-google-1.3508177 Brian Brian Nisbet Network Operations Manager HEAnet CLG, Ireland's National Education and Research Network 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin D01 X8N7, Ireland +35316609040 brian.nisbet at heanet.ie www.heanet.ie Registered in Ireland, No. 275301. CRA No. 20036270 > -----Original Message----- > From: anti-abuse-wg [mailto:anti-abuse-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of > ox > Sent: 28 May 2018 12:29 > To: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net > Subject: [anti-abuse-wg] GDPR - positive effects on email abuse > > Hi All, > > Firstly I would like to comment that the multinationals and their funded trade > groups (and their lobby orgs) shouted from the rooftops that if the GDPR > came into effect, Internet in the EU would collapse and there would be > digital doom and gloom. > > How wrong they were (hindsight is perfect - as we can all clearly see) > > imnsho the very early effects of the GDPR on email spam alone has been > very positive. > This without any cases, that I know of, yet, being brought against any of the > evil companies yet. (yet being the operative word here - as I am sure, on > email spam alone, there will be cases coming) > > The EU has truly become a world and global leader in the reclamation of > individual rights and the free Internet. > > The entire planet is watching the EU and with the still pending " respect for > private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications" > (ePrivacy) being the next truly leading thing to look forward to. > > Success of the Digital Single Market Strategy in the EU will lead to > decentralised development (not to speak of empowerment) not only in the > EU, but also in Africa, China and all over the globe. This will place the control > of the Internet back in the hands of localised civil society and hopefully avoid > enslavement of humankind. > > As far as this wg is concerned, what is happening in the EU is having a very > positive impact on certain types of abuse :) > > my 1c > > Andre > > >
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