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by bigfudge 312 days ago
You might not like this law (and I'm agnostic on it) but I think the principle that individuals should be held accountable when laws are broken is important. Otherwise we just have token fines and corporate non-compliance because the risks don't outweigh the potential financial benefits.

I think people at Experian should have gone to jail, for example, for their incompetence and negligence in regards data breaches.
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NoMoreNicksLeft 312 days ago
Which people? The responsibility is distributed across hundreds, the decisions that led to the breach were made by committees, etc.
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bigfudge 312 days ago
The person nominated by that company as their age verification guardian? Or the CEO. Or both. The defence for either could be that they took reasonable steps to know what was going on in their companies or were actively mislead.

This isn’t complicated. If it’s the law companies should comply. Fines won’t make a difference to corporate behaviour but this Might.

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NoMoreNicksLeft 311 days ago
I think that person's title is Designated Patsy. If your idea of justice is them finding someone who's willing to gamble that they won't be called out before their term is up in return for fat paychecks until it happens or they can "move on", I don't think we have compatible senses of justice.

>This isn’t complicated.

Not only is it complicated, it is deliberately complicated expressly for the purpose of making it impossible for justice to occur.

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