Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Sweden is otherwise cool with having a zero privacy payment system? I’m a little Suprised this made it that far even there. When I see a business that says it does not accept cash, I stay away even if I wasn’t planning to use cash anyway.
We have much tougher GDPR laws so I am more worried about American companies stealing my data than any based in the EU. I use different passmails for every account hoping to find a company breaching GDPR but (luckily?) unluckily, no hits so far.
Every company I have worked for, including a major bank, takes GDPR extremely seriously. So much so I often thought they went to far but understand their caution.
I think that’s great, but that’s now. You lose cash and have some bad luck with your politicians like we have had in the states, and those laws can change in an instant and good luck getting cash back once it’s gone.
M137@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Basic privacy is expected and followed, not everywhere is like the US where you’re getting fucked over constantly.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Because companies in Sweden don’t break laws, riiight
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Well that’s still an illusion than. You can’t have systems that are inherently non private and just expect privacy due to culture and norms at any given time. Cash is inherently more robustly private.