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InfoLawGroup LLP
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InfoLawGroup LLP is the company blog at infolawgroup.com, writing about business. Since 2009, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link InfoLawGroup for legal analysis of tech and data rules, including GDPR compliance and a dispute over the City of LA's Google email contract.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
>> It is nearly impossible to fully comply, and may actually be entirely impossible, based upon how much conflict there is between the 28 different interpretations that this will be subject to. By "28 different interpretations I assume you mean those of different member states. It would actually be 27 now that the UK is leaving, but even so, the GDPR is a regulation (General Data Protection Regulation ) and not a di…
Comment linking /2016/05/articles/gdpr/gdpr-getting-ready-for-the-new-eu-general-data-protection-regulation/
on “StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations”Submitted Legal Implications of Cloud Computing -- Part Three (Relationships in the Cloud) as a story · 3 points
HN discussion>> The problem is what happens if a legal firm or an agency targets you. Even if you adhered to the spirit of the law, they can dig up evidence that you didn't obey the letter of the law (since GDPR is quite loose and ambiguous). As I understand it, you will be able to appeal or somehow else address the European Data Protection Board, that will be tasked with ensuring the consistent application of the regulation: Co…
Comment linking /2016/05/articles/gdpr/gdpr-getting-ready-for-the-new-eu-general-data-protection-regulation/
on “StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations”Submitted GDPR: Getting Ready for the New EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNot sure, but these two articles do a quite good job of explaining the intricacies of the City of LA's contracts with both Google and CSC. This has been a very high profile contract and I wouldn't be surprised if the issue was primarily that not all of the right people on both sides had a good enough understanding of the current architecture and capabilities of Google/Apps going in, and someone was surprised. It cou…
Comment linking /2010/06/articles/cloud-computing-1/whats-in-googles-saas-contract-with-the-city-of-los-angeles-part-two/
on “Google misses deadline for L.A. city e-mail system”Submitted Companies face spate of suits under CA auto-renewal law as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Privacy a Key Concern (and Opportunity) for VC Firms as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The New CA Consumer Privacy Act: Don’t Panic (Yet) as a story · 1 points
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