AFAICT these are private civil suits filed by an individual against the company that reference the now-active rules. If a national data regulator was pushing a

AFAICT these are private civil suits filed by an individual against the company that reference the now-active rules. If a national data regulator was pushing ahead with £xxM fines your objection might have some merit. This seems (based on my complete lack of knowledge of the specific facts the cases are arguing) more like patent-trolling or general settlement-shakedowns than organised governmental abuse of powers.