You're absolutely right. There's simply no way to make sure your credit card doesn't get stolen outside of draconian measures that almost literally turn the internet upside down.

Unless what you're talking about is tracking you for advertising or political purposes. In which case, get over yourself. None of these companies see us as anything more than an advertising statistic.

Yep. GDPR is broadly an incredibly good thing.

For anyone who doesn’t think so, please consider the future ramifications of continued data collection (more sensors, more devices, people being more connected, health data etc). I’d almost say GDPR doesn’t go far enough.

I ignored them. Just like I ignore spam. Just like I ignore junk mail.

On second thought... does GDPR affect telemarketers? If so, I may have to alter my stance.

Yes, because Europe is in the stone age... there is absolutely not a single succesfull tech company in Europe, you're correct!

I fail to see how this is protectionism. It applies to all companies just the same, including European ones. Completely level playing field. This does not even remotely fit the definition of protectionism.

The most important thing, in my opinion, is that we finally have some legislation in place to make sure that technological progress should not happen at the cost of fundamental human rights, like privacy. It's a shame that the US, who was at the forefront of the digital revolution, was too greedy to have the ethical backbone to do this in the first place.

If your company fails because you're no longer allowed to send spam or collect and sell data without consent, then honestly your company didn't have any right to exist in the first place.