[pointytrees]

Lawyer for the U.S. business I work at said that we can look at it more in the coming year since he suspects it won't come to life in its current form for the exact points you make.

Guess we will see. I'm all for individual rights and privacy, but there should also be options that are reasonably achieved by all parties.

[lovich]

I suppose that would depend on your view point. I am of the view that much of this data collection is something companies have no right to, especially when it's done to people who have not agreed to it ala Facebook's shadow profiles. From that viewpoint I say tough shit if you get swamped by these requests.

If we found that a group of companies had made a business model of dumping garbage in public areas through a legal loophole, Id hope that people wouldn't be saying that we have to figure out some solution that's reasonable for all parties when the government goes to stop that

[samat]

I think the cost of handling personal data should be so high that current shady practices would make no economical sense.

That would be ideal solution for all this mass personal data collection and mishandling.