If you're giving your data freely to companies, I don't understand what kind of oversight mechanism could or should protect you. For example: http://ec.europa

If you're giving your data freely to companies, I don't understand what kind of oversight mechanism could or should protect you. For example: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/ http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/ It does neither hinder you to give private data to companies, nor does it hinder companies to work with your data for the purpose it was submitted. It does hinder companies to abuse your data for purposes other than the operational use for which it was collected.