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by StashOfCode 2995 days ago
Indeed. A law is just a text in a hierachy of norms, and so is this text. Accordingly, its weight may vary from country to country in the EU, first because the relationship between the Constitution of a country and the EU norms may not be the same. Moreover, one should not forget that enforcing a law requires a whole judicial system, and once again, this judicial system may vary from country to country in the EU. Think of the GDPR as a program : it runs with some privileges in a given software context and requires some hardware ressources to run.

IMHO, as an EU citizen, an American perspective would be welcome. A text must fit the local hierarchy of norms and the local judicial system.

You may read this article related to this point of view : https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21739961-gdprs-premis...