Here is one way to look at it: The tech\corporate\spy world is moving so fast that we need experimentation at smaller scales to discover the right types of pri

Here is one way to look at it: The tech\corporate\spy world is moving so fast that we need experimentation at smaller scales to discover the right types of privacy and information law. Implementation of "right to be forgotten" on a small scale might have helped find a better implementation before being rolled out at a broad scale. Delegating law making to states lets this experimentation and evolution happen. You can add you own start-up metaphor. If I look at the US, the federal level seems to be a quagmire and prevent progress (health, education, guns) compared to the rest of the world. However, when states set law independently, the rate of change seems much faster (gay marriage, drug laws). I can't see the US minting a new citizen right at the expense of corporations at the federal level - this is tragic. However, it might if states led the way first. "Business friendly" and "protectionism" read like talking points from a corporate PR machine. I see the EU pursuing citizen's rights for the modern world when the US is stagnant / regressing.