On 02/06/2021 19:32, John Rumm wrote:
On 02/06/2021 15:38, TimW wrote:
On 02/06/2021 11:47, R D S wrote:
"I'm afraid I can't discuss the order with you sir, I would have to
talk to Mrs...."

I'd called Aldi,
To let them know they've not sent a battery/charger with the cordless
mower.

Bureaucracy has gone too far hasn't it?


GDPR serves a very useful purpose, there is a genuine need for such
legislation but it was a poorly drafted in a number of ways and is
widely misunderstood and abused, often used as an excuse for
officiousness and intransigence. The UK government should have adapted
the EU regulations to make them more sensible, but it didn't. I wonder
why not?

Presumably because we were legally required to faithfully implement it
into UK law. (they usually don't care if you gold plate it, but get
upset if you leave bits out or actually try to make it work as intended!)

The "R" in GDPR stands for "Regulation". Under EU law, a Regulation
cannot be altered by a Member State (unlike a Directive, which allows
for some local interpretation).

That was then - this is now, post-Brexit. I haven't checked, but I think
the GDPR was one of those EU laws that we kept unchanged, the intention
being to get round to discussing amendments when the Houses of
Parliament had time for it.

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Jeff