> but either the government just wanted to pretend it cared (back when they introduced the law), or it doesn't care and accepts that this implementation is good

> but either the government just wanted to pretend it cared (back when they introduced the law), or it doesn't care and accepts that this implementation is good enough. It's all about responsibility transfer, I think. If you've ticked some box that you should not have, then it's YOU who is responsible for whatever bad may happen.