Timeline for Should I do something unethical/possibly illegal if asked by management?
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| Aug 13, 2019 at 18:32 | comment | added | Cypher | ""If you're gathering information that is publicly available then it probably isn't illegal." this is incorrect." This is incorrect. | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 21:15 | comment | added | Aaron | @JaredSmith Even if you are gathering information about EU citizens, you still might not be subject. Neither EU nor any of its members can compel anyone outside the EU to do (or not do) anything at all. The only way a US company could be subject then is if the US has explicitly made its own arrangements and laws to bar US entities from gathering the data about EU citizens. EU and its members can make a law "Nobody in the world is allowed to snub their nose at EU citizens," but unless other places make laws like "You must obey EU's nose-snubbing law" then it doesn't matter and nobody's subject. | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 13:53 | comment | added | Jonast92 | "If you're gathering information that is publicly available then it probably isn't illegal." this is incorrect. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 12:46 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @GregoryCurrie again, it just depends. If you're in the US, and you don't do business with or hire or gather data about any EU citizens/California residents, then you aren't subject. I realize that's an increasingly small group of entities, but for instance my workplace isn't subject to the GDPR. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 12:00 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | @JaredSmith Well, GDPR is underpinned by law in several countries, so it's more like law than an industry standard. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 11:45 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @GregoryCurrie although the GDPR has become something of a defacto industry standard (which is a good thing) a lot of us aren't actually subject to it. As they say, it depends. | |
| Aug 10, 2019 at 16:55 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | With the GDPR, the handling of personal information (even public information) is very heavily regulated. So the legal question is very much a question. | |
| Aug 10, 2019 at 16:49 | comment | added | SoonToBeUnemployed | Thank you for your insight. I just feel like If I do this, I would be just pleasing some power-maniac, egoist upper-management guy. Also next time they will ask more shady things. It looks like it's time to move on to more professional companies I suppose. | |
| Aug 10, 2019 at 16:31 | history | answered | joeqwerty | CC BY-SA 4.0 |