Seems like somewhat of a false equivalence to me. People (largely) know the risks of drugs, and are knowingly taking the drugs. Data is often gathered unknowing

Seems like somewhat of a false equivalence to me. People (largely) know the risks of drugs, and are knowingly taking the drugs. Data is often gathered unknowingly, or used for unknown purposes, and people don't know the risks/potential uses of that data. It also doesn't remove the ability to agree to the use of data (it just must be actual consent to the purposes of use), so it's more akin to a War on Drugs that targets the supply of impure substances, but allows the supply where the user knows exactly what they are getting.