I think there are two points of views: 1. This is unnecessary regulation between private parties 2. This is power balancing between individuals and big corpor

I think there are two points of views: 1. This is unnecessary regulation between private parties 2. This is power balancing between individuals and big corporations Obviously legislators are aligned with case 2. I think they have realized that the problem is so complex that is better to regulate at the end of the pipeline and let the companies figure out how to achieve it. Otherwise you may forbid gathering data X only to incentivize gathering data Y to circumvent it and make things even worse