The EU's focus on data protection, particularly the German view, which is to a large extent that which now prevails at the EU level (though the others were very

The EU's focus on data protection, particularly the German view, which is to a large extent that which now prevails at the EU level (though the others were very similar), predates the existence of these tech companies. By a huge amount. In Germany, it is considered a "Grundrecht", a "basic right" of constitutional rank. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datenschutz#Deutschland https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datenschutz#Deutschland