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trouble. time in the. can you get out. with code. this week. let the suing begin europe's two data privacy rules cause trouble for us tech giants some sites blacked out for others it could be off to court. and who's the copycat now the german chancellor meets a chinese counterpart to see how the world's leader an artificial intelligence doesn't. benefit when it's to business day one of the e.u. of privacy laws and the first lawsuit european rights group is suing google facebook instagram and whatsapp it says then making uses consent to the new terms

by threatening to delete their accounts the u.s. tech giants could face half the fines they have whole departments to look after that what about small businesses your headdress a bookshop will plummet there on the internet too same rules apply they're worried about complying with the hundreds of pages of regulations understanding it all is a headache. stuffed of paper. of the new e.u. data rules have chamber of crafts president stumped as this one part of course is heavy stuff and e.u. commission a very euro vote tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year and it takes you all your time just to work out what

they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. i rose because it was. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have had two years to work out if they needed data protection manager but there are special cases such as the chambers president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told us the data protection laws apply to us in two ways to me as a tradesman and to me as a municipal authority but i am only a one man authority he knows he has to protect his company's data but should he come under the same rules as giants like facebook. that's completely wrong to say someone with only four employees who does very little data processing needs

a data protection manager that's simply not true. the responsible ministry acknowledges that the rules will need fine tuning. but for now the search is on for a day to protection manager. now you. might think the deadlines may twenty fifth different conference room and maybe i'll just appoint my wife but what if that's much use in terms of data protection is another story altogether. so while small business is trying to avoid trouble the big guys are already facing flak. for the first lawsuit filed under these laws journal that didn't take long did it no it didn't and we're talking about data protection activist friends who apart from being quick on the draw is probably very hard to get to know but anyway his are his organization called none of your business has filed for complaints against facebook its subsidiaries what's up on instagram as well as google's android and

his point of course is that these companies have asked users to take off privacy boxes agreeing to their new policies or risk losing access to the services now max rems this says that this is a form of forced consent and obviously forced consent is not the point of a regulation that seeks to hand more control to users over their personal data now they could face hefty fines if they fight if the courts find out that max trans is right fines could go up to four percent of global revenue so just to put that into perspective for facebook that would be one point six billion dollars based on last year's revenue and for all google's parent alphabet it would be four point four billion so quite have to how that could hurt now this is my business and your business is well i woke up this morning to find my inbox full of warnings from different companies what about you how fools your books. my inbox is full of emails from companies that i didn't know have my data which is not surprising that

a cell phone what really surprised me is how boring they all are everyone else seems to be getting emails quoting breakup lyrics and all these things and all i'm getting are really dry updates the feel so may have been that they're not really interested in my data i don't think that says anything about you personally to know thank you very much for the latest from frank. lows hit in the early hit this is all digital subscribers to the los angeles times and chicago tribune goes on their screens on this side of the atlantic the e.u. bills the g.d.p. as the biggest shake up of data privacy regulations since the birth of the web and brussels correspondent has caught up with the commission of justice and consumers. commissioner you have thought long and hard for this how significant are the changes we're about to see that are significant changes father citizens of the e.u. because even them to be better protected and to have under control what's happening

to their privacy and i think that this is a good step mark zuckerberg was recently here insert his company would fully comply now big companies seem well prepared how concerned should small businesses be small businesses in germany are concerned because i receive a lot of mails from them and of course they should take the necessary preventive measures but for many small businesses which do not process data is that a core business they should do some necessary arrangements which are not very big or not very demanding so the companies should assess. level of risk which is there for for the data of people and of course mark zuckerberg coming back to the big ones he could not answer otherwise i cannot imagine him to say you know you do not care about the e.u. rules. vice a versa he sat there we will fully comply and we will also apply our european

standards for protection of private aid to other mobile is so i am quite curious whether you believe him i always believe till i have strong curry's and not to believe so we will attack or they are doing so it's quite a set of data it's very complex regulation are we making it too tough for smaller companies for the business environment in europe. i think that the g.d.p. are as of one important feature it has to be applied in a proportionate to a proportionate to level of risk and i spoke about it before if the company does not have the processing of data as a core business if they do not sell the data if they. they do not make money on the privacy of people they should to cause some some minimal kind of measures up if the companies monetize the data of people they should pick if something

better to the people and it's the but to protection so proportionate application of g.d.p. is necessary and also i look at common sense because i heard a lot of incredible stories about how g.d.p. will be upright and it's not necessary to go by nicking are you hoping this could become a global standard yes i do hope that europe will. serve as a good example of how a we can and should protect the privacy of people this full respect to every individual and it will be very important that the europeans also sure show to the rest of the world that they can use their new. rights of better protection of privacy thank you very much indeed for showing the world how it's done well germany's leader says better data safety is key to developing new technologies with china machall is in the tech hub of shenzhen drumming up business and hoping to

take home some tips on things like artificial intelligence first though she's called on beijing and berlin to reboot their relationship for the digital era. a glimpse into the future chancellor merkel is getting to know the new china here in cheyenne jan this trip includes a visit to i carbon x. a startup using genetic data to develop apps and health care gadgets china has invested heavily in artificial intelligence and the digital economy in recent years and now the chancellor is meeting a nation on the technological rise. you know i believe that this momentum shows that on the one hand there are very good opportunities for cooperation but also how we're called upon to approach digitalisation strategically along the growing challenges of the labor market. america received a warm welcome the day before on

a visit to beijing china regards germany as its most important partner in europe especially after u.s. president donald trump turned well trade on its head but the countries are not marching in step just yet one of germany's major concerns is technology theft and china's cyber security laws applied from companies to disclose important date her. data is the rule material we luck with today and it must be available and secure the businesses in must be portable and compatible and obviously there's still a lot to do at this level. but compulsory joint ventures and the interference of the communist party in cooper issues mean german companies still feel at a loss but the chinese prime minister is taking the problems in his stride. if you encounter economic difficulties here in china don't worry just contact me

directly and i will help to solve them yes. yet despite the difficulties china's huge market continues to attract in shenzhen siemens is manufacturing state of the art c.t. scan is for the chinese health care market and investing in domestic research china's technological advancement still offers plenty of opportunities. by staying business with.

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