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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 days agoOr else what? What you gonna do to them after they shut down?
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoThey’re likely going to be sold, not shut down. Whoever buys the company takes on the responsibility. If they actually shut down then it shouldn’t be an issue since they’d almost certainly erase everything.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoWhy erase things when you can sell it off for parachute money?
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoI mean, either they sell it and the buyer has to comply with the law, or they don’t sell it.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah, I’m sure the under-the-table buyers will volunteer that information.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThey’re a public company and have shareholders… How would they sell it under-the-table?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoDo you think the shareholders somehow have physical control of the data?
Or else what? What you gonna do to them after they shut down?
They’re likely going to be sold, not shut down. Whoever buys the company takes on the responsibility.
If they actually shut down then it shouldn’t be an issue since they’d almost certainly erase everything.
Why erase things when you can sell it off for parachute money?
I mean, either they sell it and the buyer has to comply with the law, or they don’t sell it.
Yeah, I’m sure the under-the-table buyers will volunteer that information.
They’re a public company and have shareholders… How would they sell it under-the-table?
Do you think the shareholders somehow have physical control of the data?