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Not sure I understand your logic. We moved from a free for all to a significantly restricted regime for personal data. There is, for the first time, a continent
by cornholio 8y ago
Not sure I understand your logic. We moved from a free for all to a significantly restricted regime for personal data. There is, for the first time, a continent-wide recognition of the social value of privacy. This was achieved despite gargantuan efforts to quench it by the affected interests.
And this is a bad result because it doesn't go to the politically impossible extreme? It's a foot in the door, we have a fighting chance for an universal right to privacy. That's the only way to restrict governments and the only way to get that is to convince the general public that it'a a right worth fighting for. The GDPR is a massive step in that direction.
- kodablah 8y agoThese are similar arguments the proponents of the Patriot act made, lauding the protection it provides and the great achievement in passing. Lots of people don't see this as a big enough issue for the sweeping changes that have been made, and to go from free for all to free for some scares people. We shouldn't confuse the universal right to privacy with the universal requirement for privacy. Not everyone wants the latter and it's not our role to "convince" them as though they are ignorant. Almost everyone agrees with the goals/intent of the legislation, but the implementation leaves a lot to be desired as did its predecessors. They just keep doubling down instead of real pragmatic solutions such as actual enforceable statutes and education. It's so many failures on so many levels, but since it was done with the right idea it seems to get a pass.