As an American living in Europe who supports the GDPR, I suspect that most of the violations are driven by American companies and these violations are in part i

As an American living in Europe who supports the GDPR, I suspect that most of the violations are driven by American companies and these violations are in part ideological. The concept of a government sincerely passing a law that genuinely and competently protects the privacy of its individual citizens seems absurdly unlikely to many of us. Laws are not created for individuals except when a cynical politician wants votes from the gullible. Circumventing such a "stupid", "anti-business" law as the GDPR is almost an American duty.