> “lots” not really as most companies want accesss to european market.

Plenty of foreign newspapers block the EU from accessing their sites. The EU is not that a big market.

This is also factually incorrect https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp?continent=euro...

How so? Your source shows that Asia + North America make up like 67% of global GPD.

The $18349 Billion GDP. What did you think I was referring to? Were you trying to be daft?

I said the EU is not that big of a market. It’s less than 1/3 of the global GDP. We seem to have different definitions of a big market.

Clearly but whatever definition you have that doesn’t include $18349 Billion is ridiculous

yes it's a security issue but you wouldn't "expect" to get fined millions of dollars.

Do I think we should punish companies for storing passwords in plaintext? Yes. Would I expect that a bug and devs untrained in GDPR best practices could lead to fines? No.

Usually in software engineering you don't get your company fined for making terrible mistakes unless you're in a field like finance. This was just passwords which most sites have, not something like PCI DSS stuff

> yes it's a security issue but you wouldn't "expect" to get fined millions of dollars.

Which is exactly why companies don't care, which is why this regulation was made and those fines decided.

> Usually in software engineering you don't get your company fined for making terrible mistakes unless you're in a field like finance.

You're not fined for a mistake, you're fined for a mistake AND that mistake huer the customer more than you AND you don't disclose it swiflty to him.

>yes it's a security issue but you wouldn't "expect" to get fined millions of dollars.

The penalties are based on percentage of turnover.