You have the exact same pattern around road/airplane/food safety, hygiene and disease control, housing quality, and much more... All problems that people care

You have the exact same pattern around road/airplane/food safety, hygiene and disease control, housing quality, and much more... All problems that people care about but the average person cannot tackle autonomously. And that's why societies implemented regulatory bodies (often through national governments, but that's not a requirement). GDPR is a small step in that direction.