> The biggest issue I have here is this: the EU is unable to uphold their own laws. They do things violating their own rules. They are unable to either patch th

> The biggest issue I have here is this: the EU is unable to uphold their own laws. They do things violating their own rules. They are unable to either patch their rules or stop the violation. I think that's a feature not a bug. The EU believed that privacy is a basic human right, and codified that right into law. But the EU isn't a single minded entity, it's a huge, entirely unique, multi-national government. The natural result is that it behaviour can be contradictory and inconsistent at times. But the codified rights make it possible for the judicial system to step in and correct the errors as they happen. Eventually the EU will develop a cultural in-grained understanding of privacy and GDPR. Then we'll see the end of these silly violations, and the continual need for the judicial system to step in and correct the legislative system. Until then, at-least the EU isn't afraid to empower its citizens to hold it to account.