[craigsmansion]

> You really don't think it's possible

For signing a guestbook or something similarly trivial? No.

If you truly believe that (if it really escalated) the European Commission, and then the European parliament, and then ultimately the European Court of Justice is going to put up with 20-million-fine-for-a-guestbook shenanigans, I don't know what to tell you, except that I think your definition of "reasonable" is not reasonable.

Maybe I'm not jaded enough, and I can believe in a single bad actor, but all of them? Including an entire institution that has direct public accountability?

As an aside, I think it would be helpful if participants in GDPR discussions would indicate if they approach it from a USA or EU angle (or even a non-EU and non-USA perspective. I've haven't really noticed any specific opinions from outside the USA/EU).