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2026-07-08 04:56 UTC

lol, you think the executives would go to jail? or the engineers? guess what was illegal before the snowden leaks, guess what’s legal now. i don’t want to suggest i know the specifics of the law, especially in countries i don’t even live in, but to think it’s an impossibility is pretty bewildering to me.

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@RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 05:40

In EU this would be a massive GDPR breach and cost the company €20 million or 4% of the company’s total worldwide annual turnover** In Germany you face Up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine for transferring data to a third party you weren’t authorized to share. In France Collecting data by fraudulent, unfair, or unlawful means carries up to 5 years. In California CCPA allows fines up to $7,500 per intentional violation (e.g per customer) they disclose that shit, just in a very vague way to allow a wide interpretation of what was disclosed. Firstly misleading disclosures are not valid under both GDPR & CCPA GDPR - Consent must be “freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous” CPRA definies “dark patterns” as a user interface designed to subvert or impair user autonomy, decision-making, or choice and states outright: agreement obtained through use of dark patterns does not constitute consent.

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