Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws

isostatic · on May 25, 2018

"The GDPR explicitly allows any data processing that is strictly necessary for the service - but using the data additionally for advertisement or to sell it on needs the users' free opt-in consent," said noyb.eu in a statement. "GDPR is very pragmatic on this point: whatever is really necessary for an app is legal without consent, the rest needs a free 'yes' or 'no' option."

le-mark · on May 25, 2018

Companies that fall foul of GDPR can be - in extreme cases - fined more than £17m.

If this is just an annual fine, simply pay as a tax of doing business in the EU. The companies listed won't even notice.

Hopefully it's per user or something more significant.

jvzr · on May 25, 2018

It is very obviously the fine per incident, and can be accompanied with daily fines until resolution. This is definitely not a periodic fine to be paid every year to forego compliance.

thisisit · on May 25, 2018

The fine is Up to €20 million, or 4% annual global turnover – whichever is higher.

I doubt any of the listed companies will be happy paying 4% of their global turnover in fines.