That's what I'd understood, and I'd then still consider the court's judgment to be what matters--if I pick the number, but you can tell me to pick again until y

That's what I'd understood, and I'd then still consider the court's judgment to be what matters--if I pick the number, but you can tell me to pick again until you're happy, then the power to pick the number lies with you. I guess "impose" would have been better than "assess". Aside: What's with all the downvotes? Your comment seems fine to me, as do many others in this thread. It seems like any discussion of the mechanics of enforcement gets a nasty response here, as if the only people who should care about that are criminals. The GDPR might be the perfect legislation with which to erode civil liberties, since the people who would normally jump on such arguments will be on your side... Or is there another reason?