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by locknitpicker 3 days ago
> (...) your anonymized chats, they will be public as paid training data.

If they are PII then under GDPR they are obligated to delete the data.

If not then they will be liable to pay fines up to $20 million or 4% of their total global turnover.
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msdz 2 days ago
You forgot about the best part, in terms of the “GDPR threat” effectiveness:

Fines can be up to €20 million or 4% of global revenues…, _whichever is greater._

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brewdad 2 days ago
“Up to” is doing a lot of work here. I’d imagine few companies ever pay anything close to the maximum possible fine.

Just like my state law says simple littering can be punished by up to a $6500 fine. Most people get a warning or maybe pay a fine of under $100.

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autoexec 2 days ago
The actual fines under GDPR aren't a huge deal. There are companies who get fined over and over and over and over again year after year after year. It's not running them out of business, it's just cost of business.
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