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zvqcMMV6Zcrtoday at 11:22 AM3 repliesview on HN

Is there any company that will take my money to solve GDPR issues? And by solve I mean sue the spammers? For last few years I saw they "try" to look legit, by claiming addresses are managed by some Hungarian/Spanish shell company, hoping no one will be able to afford pursuing infractions over borders.


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RobotToastertoday at 11:47 AM

There's probably a law against it, but I've always thought a legal company could make decent money taking cases like this in bulk for free, on the condition that they get to keep all the compensation, while the "client" still gets the satisfaction of punishing the offending party.

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miki123211today at 6:38 PM

This is hard, because private right of action in Europe is often very limited, and the damages are low.

THe US basically has a "private police force" for certain laws, notably the ADA. Many people are against this, I personally think it's a great idea and something countries should be doing a lot more of of.

KomoDtoday at 11:31 AM

> Is there any company that will take my money to solve GDPR issues? And by solve I mean sue the spammers?

A lawyer