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moomin
on Sept 4, 2019
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Google’s GDPR Workaround
Q4 2018 earnings were around $40 billion. EU will have to try significantly harder.
icebraining
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That's the revenue, not profit.
inetknght
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That's also the point. Profit shouldn't have anything to do with fines. Redress and compensation should. A fine is
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to make business-as-usual unpalatable.
icebraining
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Sure, I'm just pointing it out because "earnings" usually means "profit".
mlthoughts2018
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It will have to be executive jailtime and personal fines or it will never matter.
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