EU data privacy laws are overly vague, poorly written and unevenly enforced
Privacy advocates, who think American tech giants are at heart, fundamentally evil and make money off the backs of unsuspecting users like some feudal king stealing from his serfs. That all our private information would already be stolen if it weren’t for the heroic efforts of stalwart EU regulators.
Thanks to the historic developments in the E.U., that old story is no longer the whole story. The new legislation known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) is the second bookend and it points us toward a different future. Mr. Musk no longer faces a free ride in a lawless space. The DSA leads a democratic resurgence that challenges the tech giants’ vision for our future.
Business executives, who believe the only thing Europe is innovative at is regulation, and that these laws only stifle growth and productivity to preserve an easy lifestyle for over 50 Europeans.
I’m going to take you through a brief history of EU data privacy laws, some stats regarding the fines and my personal experience from having dealt with EU Data Privacy Authorities (DPAs) but my point of view is that:
