Dominick Skinner is dedicated to tracking the identities of immigration officials. Hundreds of volunteers have participated in his project, and in the last 30 days alone, his website has received nearly a million visits
Are you guys really unaware of the whole fundamental rights thing? Feels like EU people are always going on about it. I guess it rarely becomes clear what those rights are.
In EU law, data protection is understood to be a fundamental right. From that viewpoint, saying that GDPR only protects Europeans makes as much sense as saying that laws against murder only protect Europeans.
Surprising to me that he is based in the Netherlands. In Germany, this project would likely be criminal.
He still might get into trouble over GDPR. He’s obviously counting on the exemption for journalism, but I am not sure if that works.
Good ol’ EU: prioritizing “right to be forgotten” & privacy that isn’t reasonably expected over transparency, information freedom, truth.
GDPR exist to protect EU citizens and data. Not U.S citizens or data.
Are you guys really unaware of the whole fundamental rights thing? Feels like EU people are always going on about it. I guess it rarely becomes clear what those rights are.
In EU law, data protection is understood to be a fundamental right. From that viewpoint, saying that GDPR only protects Europeans makes as much sense as saying that laws against murder only protect Europeans.