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> there need to be severe penalty for such abuses - not just financial, serious jail time.

punishment for who? those making the poorly thought out policy or the restaurant / pub owners who suddenly see themselves as the nominated enforcers of these data collection activities? rule #1 should be not to collect data you don't have a safe way to process. GDPR or not this shouldn't even be collected.



> rule #1 should be not to collect data you don't have a safe way to process. GDPR or not this shouldn't even be collected.

My understanding was that the law, at least in England, required for this data to be collected and retained.




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