Data Protection/EU Privacy Debate

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Unfortunately the banks themselves use computers to convey information to each other. I don't think I'm any less safe doing my banking online. My check is deposited into the bank online, I buy stuff online, and I check my status online. What the bank does is create channels by which I can make quick claims if something doesn't look right, and take the responsibility if I'm right. Just because you go there in person doesn't mean someone else can't steal your money with a computer anyway.

true.

But the less i do online, the less failures by networks i can encounter.
i check my status online, and do all my transactions offline. i take half a day off every month for paperwork, banking , collecting and depositing parcels every month.

because i do not trust the web, the delivery services, "it has been deposited with your neighbor, mister ashat".

And by going banking in persona, i promote the human factor, and give the guys and gals at the cash counter a reason d'etre too. We do our thing and chat for a second.
They know me, and they know my financial status / mess over the last few years. They offer me advice, and i can read on their faces if that advice is honest and in relation to saving y butt cheeks, or just "doing their job at promoting a product"

Okay, i admiit - they look behind the customer, and have an intimate knowledge of my cashflow. more than they should have. But i know where their car is parked and where their house lives.

We can respect each other.
Try that with amazon or Mister Zuckerberg and his cronies.
Or that Kim Dotcom guy.

Do we need the EU to oversee us?