Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (113)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Matthias Hertzog
Date : Sun Apr 25 2021 20:12:05

Hello Michiel!

 MV> Swiss lawyers can dispute it in Switserland, but when push comes to
 MV> shove it will be decided in the EU court and that court will rule
 MV> according to the EU interpretation of the rules, not the Swiss
 MV> interpretation. What it boils down to is: "wan't to play our game?
 MV> play by our rules".

EU courts have no say in switzerland. That's a very interesting topic
here as well, switzerland is waiting for the first case.

 MH>> Ahhhh, that whole GDPR thing sucks.
 MV> I can understand why you see it that way, but I beg to differ. As an
 MV> EU citizen I am happy that the EU protects my privacy against ruthless
 MV> data horders not only in the EU, but outside the EU as well. That it
 MV> can sometimes be inconvenient when I am on the data gathering side is
 MV> something that I accept.

Data hoarding is one thing and i agree with you.
Blocking legitimate handling of client data is something else.

You don't want to know what an ISP here HAS to do and what it is
not allowed to do. Depending on who i nthe government you talk,
you get conflicting instructions.

 MV> If the organisation can not or will not follow the rules of the GDPR
 MV> that can indeed be a consequence. Play our game? Follow our rules. It
 MV> is a choice...

That's true, but it was the german clients who complained about
no longer being able to receive their services from switzerland.

 MV> I agree with you that R30 probably does not belong in the list of
 MV> countries where the GDPR applies to Fidonet. The list as published in
 MV> the header of the nodelist.
 MV> Let's leave it at that before we drift too far from the  topic of this
 MV> conference.

Fully agree. :-)

Best wishes,
Matthias
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