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ascaritoday at 9:54 AM2 repliesview on HN

Exactly, I think all these regulations in the Europe fail to understand the enforceability of these, any legitimate business won't be making unsolicited calls already. For instance, I weekly get unsolicited calls from a legit recruitment agency in the UK, never ever shared my data with them, they don't even email but directly call in absurd times. I requested removal of my data after months of ignored calls but they kept calling still, reported to ICO but no luck either.

I'm 30+ and was trying to buy some wine yesterday, and was IDed and i'm clearly well over 18 yet they had to take the bottle back as I didn't carry my ID with me. Essentially the same thing with pubs/bars etc, you're clearly over 18 but there is a weird power trip yet in some raves/clubs you still see under 18s being let in.


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ValentinPearcetoday at 10:59 AM

In France the CNIL is pretty good at enforcing regulation IIRC. And for any small to medium company, the fine should be enough of a deterrent.

I don't think companies big enough to just shrug the fine away resort to much telemarketing here.

thrancetoday at 10:21 AM

This law is especially targeted at legit businesses... It's already illegal for scammers to call.

And I don't think something being hard to enforce is reason enough to not do anything about it. If we truly care about something, we can always find a way.