themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1655arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1643arrow-down1image"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]lemmy.dbzer0.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square94linkfedilinkfile-text
Remember the UK new safety law. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/reddit-rolls-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-to-comply-with-new-rules/ https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/
minus-squarezwerg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·10 months agoIt’s at least a hefty fine in the EU - enough to kill a business.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·10 months agoThe higher of €20m or 4% of global annual turnover.
minus-squarezwerg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·10 months agoIndeed, and the kicker is that 4% is on turnover, not profit. That can really hurt.
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoYeah it has to be that way otherwise all these venture capital funded businesses that never actually make a profit could just do whatever they want, and considering that’s basically every startup it would essentially neuter to the law.
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It’s at least a hefty fine in the EU - enough to kill a business.
The higher of €20m or 4% of global annual turnover.
Indeed, and the kicker is that 4% is on turnover, not profit. That can really hurt.
Thatsthepoint.jpg
Yeah it has to be that way otherwise all these venture capital funded businesses that never actually make a profit could just do whatever they want, and considering that’s basically every startup it would essentially neuter to the law.