I don't doubt you: my point just is that the GDPR is not the real threat as you originally alleged. As for DPAs, it is well-documented that there are a lot mis

I don't doubt you: my point just is that the GDPR is not the real threat as you originally alleged. As for DPAs, it is well-documented that there are a lot misbehaving authorities in Europe. For exactly this reason, the GDPR provides, in Article 78, a right to an effective judicial remedy against a DPA. This right should be used more often. > why they were put in that position of authority? Political nominations offer one potential explanation. Yet, these things differ across Europe. There are also some highly educated Ph.D.-level civil servants and engineers working in DPAs.