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aliens8myhomework t1_iwff9i9 wrote

Reply to comment by macross1984 in Google settles “Location History” lawsuit with 40 states, will pay $392 million by ewzetf

It’s like blocking a fire hydrant and getting fined a penny.

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macross1984 t1_iwfkzu0 wrote

Agree. I believe law need to be amended with fine be proportional based on size of company. Google being one of the largest tech company could be milked more than $392 million easily for violation.

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Kammander-Kim t1_iwfpynb wrote

Look at GDPR in the eu. The fines are to be percentages of the global revenue of the parent company / concern.

The likes of Google, Facebook, and Apple, were the target of this. 300 million euro might be pocket change for a company that large, but 5 % of global revenue of the entirety surely is not. For Google that would also include Alphabet, YouTube, the sales of Chrimecasts and chrome books, and so on.

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macross1984 t1_iwfqhf5 wrote

Wish U.S. lawmakers enact similar law as that of EU but of course they won't.

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Kammander-Kim t1_iwfxee0 wrote

I hope the USA takes after the eu and not that we take after USA when things go forward.

But then again, what goes as pure communism in the USA is, depending on the question, going as far right stupidity in eu countries. So not likely.

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Weird_Cantaloupe2757 t1_iwfz2qf wrote

Size of the company, and by how much money they made doing the thing you are fining them for. If the fine is a tiny fraction of the money they made doing the thing, it’s not a punishment — it’s just a “do whatever the fuck you want” tax.

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