I've always felt that one way to change the way internet companies do business with a loose-style relationship with our data is to pass laws in small towns or e

I've always felt that one way to change the way internet companies do business with a loose-style relationship with our data is to pass laws in small towns or even just one large city. Imagine if Portland OR made severe legal consequences for specific kinds of privacy breeches for people in its own town. The giants would have to decide to block people in that city or change general data processing rules internally. But I think it acts more of a starting point of an avalanche as more and more places see the good that comes from that. It's also NOT just the big corps. Companies that use public records (and public records in and of themselves needs a LOT of additional laws in the digital age) so you can find your ex-girlfriends, etc... Can you imagine these ASSHAT websites being sued for 100k by people in Portland? Then New York, etc.. I would love to see that happen.