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		bawolff 68 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Women dating safety app 'Tea' breached, users' IDs... I would suggest that damages should be punative, not to make the victims whole. So i dont think it matters.

admissionsguy 68 days ago [–]

Punitive damages are no-go in Europe given they would mostly result in money transfers from the ruling families to common people.

bawolff 67 days ago | [–]

Have you seen the GDPR? Its basically the definition of punative damages.

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