The UK ladies and gentlemen, scuttling their ship, one aweful policy after the other

  • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    9 months ago

    The issue is that the UK government (or city of London) outsourced law enforcement to a shady company from the US which doesn’t care about data protection and obtained EU citizen information through illegal channels.

    This is much more serious than issuing bogus fines to foreign blokes.

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      9 months ago

      It’s not law enforcement, it’s a civil issue, it’s quite normal for companies to take civil issues, they obtained information on people who broke rules by requesting it, and recieving it, that’s not illegal on their behalf.

      • albert180@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        If they are bribing People to access a system they have no legal right to access, then that’s 100% illegal

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          9 months ago

          You understand that’s different right? If you’ve broken the rules then they’ve got a right to send you a fine.

          Wholesale selling of personal information is not what’s happening here.

          There’s no country in the world where you can skip tolls, travel tickets, entrance fees, and face no consequences.

          • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksOP
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            9 months ago

            No problem with fining people who don’t follow local rules, especially traffic ones.

            The issue is that a private company is doing the job without proper oversight, at the expense of EU citizens’ rights. What’s next? Storing biometrical data of EU air travelers in data centers open to US spy agencies?

            But since Brexit everyone has well understood that playing by the rules and respecting their partners isn’t on UK’s agenda anymore.

            • Devi@kbin.social
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              9 months ago

              You seem very confused, private companies are always fining you. Parking companies are private companies, many public transport companies are private companies. The oversight is provided by the court. This has been the case before Brexit was even a consideration.