Regulation, literally: do not collect people's data without their consent if you don't require that data for services you provide. Applies in equal measure to websites, banks, grocery stores, shit processing plants and nuclear power stations.
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4ad: I still blame the EU, and it's a pointless regulation.
Edit: This comment really says it much better: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35567507
No, when politicians make things worse and absolutely don't solve any problem they promised they will solve then they should be held accountable, removed from positions of power, and replaced with competent people who write better regulation.
Edit to your edit: indeed, the EU is mostly about making people miserable while convincing them it's actually better for them.
No it shouldn't. But it should be criticism and not blaming it for what is 100% the responsibility of the business.
> he EU is mostly about making people miserable while convincing them it's actually better for them.
See, this is not criticism. This is emotionally-charged whining and demagoguery