ndheebebe
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Wordpress.anything in general must be a data juristional nightmare. Every plugin has access to UGC and could be sending bits of that anywhere.
I was thinking the same thing!
> This means that many of the people who work for Automattic are technically external contractors despite acting on behalf of the company, holding business cards with the company logo or conducting WordCamp talks on behalf of the company. (Which rendered legal action about what I endured as good as impossible, as I did not have any rights as an actual employee and my contract was with Automattic in California, under US law.)
Many countries use duck tests for employment both for taxation and employment law. Does it quack like employment? Are you given instructions? Are you forbidden from subcontracting? Is there a fixed hourly rate? Are you required to work set hours? Etc.
And possibly human rights based law would pierce both anyway. For example you can be discriminated against as a customer in a shop and sue.
To answer the question: a yacht race?
Maybe it has further missions in deep space after that. Or look in other directions and use other stars.
Kangaroos?
Therefore I don't think this is fud for the wider privacy case.
Appreciate the reply! I also commented more for the general readership of HN.
Rights are kept by exercising them.
You rarely want to go to court (maybe 0.001 times per lifetime) but just indicating you know your rights goes a long way. Read your country's laws - there are probably friendly descriptions online.
Ideally work somewhere where this is not needed though.
For example if the company is hostile to basic things like if you country has sick leave and you take it and it is an issue then I would say move on quickly. Unless you are happy. Maybe they are paying a lot or you are a founder, that would be different.
So know your rights. Understand a contract is subject to wider laws and some conditions may be severed and unenforcable.
Really. If I had to choose learn Rust or learn some law. Learn some law.
IANAL, but a citizen, which is the point!