>> Much of this data is concentrated and sequestered in large companies. Even the claimed use "advertising" does not require data collection. It probably does

>> Much of this data is concentrated and sequestered in large companies. Even the claimed use "advertising" does not require data collection. It probably does make advertising more efficient, but that isn't a reason to allow it. Once collected it does tend to get aggregated in a large player, so most playing the game do not win anyway. I'd prefer they ban this data collection (and certainly its transfer or sale) but I fear they just want to "regulate" it.