Look to GDPR for ideas. The EU is moving into a "privacy by default" direction of making companies increasingly more liable for hoarding user data that's not ab

Look to GDPR for ideas. The EU is moving into a "privacy by default" direction of making companies increasingly more liable for hoarding user data that's not absolutely necessary for the functioning of the service. I believe a technical committee of the EU Parliament has even proposed to encourage end-to-end encryption use for services. Here's an excerpt: > The providers of electronic communications services shall ensure that there is sufficient protection in place against unauthorised access or alterations to the electronic communications data, and that the confidentiality and safety of the transmission are also guaranteed by the nature of the means of transmission used or by state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption of the electronic communications data. Furthermore, when encryption of electronic communications data is used, decryption, reverse engineering or monitoring of such communications shall be prohibited. Member States shall not impose any obligations on electronic communications service providers that would result in the weakening of the security and encryption of their networks and services http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-606.011%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2f... And here's an article, too: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40326544 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40326544