As stated elsewhere [1], I do think that governments have a (large) role to play. But we also shouldn't be naive and look at current (EU/US) regulations and pra

As stated elsewhere [1], I do think that governments have a (large) role to play. But we also shouldn't be naive and look at current (EU/US) regulations and pray the fines will deter data brokering from continuing unheeded. As with any 'tech genie', once out its bottle existing political instruments may need adjusting to this new reality. We have been living in the big data era for over 15 years now, and I have yet to reap any of the profits surely made by the many stakeholders benefitting from my online presence. We have tax breaks and incentives; why no equivalent for our digital contributions, which governments and financial institutions equally make use of and benefit from? [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38997955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38997955