It has been one year since the EU's GDPR law went into effect. What they did and why they did it is described in the PDF linked below. Some of their rationale i

It has been one year since the EU's GDPR law went into effect. What they did and why they did it is described in the PDF linked below. Some of their rationale is spelled out in Section 1.1.1. Key principles in Section 3. https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-coe-edps-2018-handbook-data-protection_en.pdf https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-co... There are plenty of opportunities for abuse here in the US, and we're all reminded of them constantly. The proliferation of ad-blockers and anti-tracking software shows that 'extreme hostility' is widespread. I have yet to see any substantial animus in the EU over the reasonable measures they've taken. Hopefully action on a state-by-state basis in the US will encourage the industry to demand explicit legal restrictions.