> Ok, so not a fair comparison but the political argument is the same It's not. We have to avoid these analogies, because for every legislative success one can

> Ok, so not a fair comparison but the political argument is the same It's not. We have to avoid these analogies, because for every legislative success one can point to, there is a failure one can point to. For every positive national statistic one can point to, there is a negative statistic one can point to. > the industry or consumers cannot handle data protection and privacy by themselves While true, that doesn't always imply extreme measures. > but the general idea and the way it works is good Most people agree with the ideals. I argue the way it works is not good, neither as codified nor as implemented. For example, transparency requirements can have value. But such a large unenforced (or worse, selectively enforced) collection of requirements is only adding complexity to the system while providing only negligible benefit. > I can assure you that nothing has done more to educate consumers about data privacy than GDPR Exactly. If the only tool you use is a hammer, it's going to also be the most effective regardless if it's the best tool.