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by throwaway294566
1309 days ago
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CE certification requirements concern the sale of products in the EU. You are not allowed to import, make available or sell products that do not have a CE certification, if one is required for that kind of product. CE certification is usually just a self-declaration by the producer. If you make "Chemical Ali's colourful children's chew-toy" you have to provide a CE self-certification that e.g. certifies that you didn't use any lead-based paint, and all the other requirements for this category of product. Enforcement of compliance would thus be via the seller, distributor, importer or producer, whichever is a EU entity and available/responsible. Generally it would be permissible to use non-CE-certified products e.g. at home, provided you do not make them available to others, give them away or sell them. Using non-certified products can be prohibited for companies and other legal entities, usually through the safety regulations they have to obey. What the legal consequences for a user of non-CE-certified software would be, I don't know. There will certainly be an assumption of negligence if anything goes wrong. |
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This was a long time coming for our entire industry- ever since internet stopped being just about kittens and porn and started handling serious money.
This is a good thing because it will force decision makers at major compabies to sober the fuck up and pay real attention to security. We still have consumer products, like phones and routers, that are being shipped with known security holes and without any updates.
The issue is pervasive throughout the industry and will take decades to resolve.