I'm pretty sure most overreacting responses I am reading about come from Americans and little-used services. I think many of them might just be trying to get so

I'm pretty sure most overreacting responses I am reading about come from Americans and little-used services. I think many of them might just be trying to get some kind of publicity and sympathy, playing on the "regulation is bad" theme. None of the actual businesses I work with, in Europe, most of which actually do handle personal data, are actually worried or even annoyed (much less considering shutting down). From what I see, these overreactions are also in great part due to a lack of understanding of how law works outside the US - ie. maximum fines are just a maximum, letter of the law is not what counts most, the government isn't out to get you, judges don't have any incentive to extract money from you, etc.