I think you got off at the tangent... the article is about the global influence in the legislation of pro-privacy laws and regulations, "conquering the world" w

I think you got off at the tangent... the article is about the global influence in the legislation of pro-privacy laws and regulations, "conquering the world" was probably just a metaphoric joke which the author insisted way too much. Definitely the new rules had their global impact without being that a conquer.