It may also be a sign of how much national governments care about privacy, compared to the EU parliament which voted for the e-Privacy Directive. I suppose the

It may also be a sign of how much national governments care about privacy, compared to the EU parliament which voted for the e-Privacy Directive. I suppose the counter-argument would be that passing legislation is cheap, but enforcing it costs money, and governments have other priorities, but, for example, in the UK there can be fines of up to £500,000 for breaches of the e-Privacy Directive[0], which should be more than enough to cover the cost of the investigation. [0] https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/gdpr-e-privacy-breaches-factored-into-fines https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/gdpr-e-privacy-br...