| > Such as... a General Data Protection Regulation? Without the rest, sure. Law's also exist for consumer data sharing transparency in the US, they just need to require more detail and have their scope increased (again, if we're resigned to the fact that something must happen). > That's a big part of GDPR, actually Right, my whole point is starting small, i.e. without all the other big parts. > I'm willing to bet few people cared about regulations on traffic safety and alcohol as well We have to stop debating like this. I could bring up drug laws or prohibition to bolster my point about government regulatory overreach and its consequences. But doing this at a high level negates the nuances in the debate on this issue which has no historical equivalences from which to draw. > What do you mean by this? I have not seen large scale equitable enforcement of EU internet laws to justify their size. It's becoming a more rational approach to ignore the laws. Even proponents of the GDPR use subjective enforcement to allay small business fears of compliance. This is why I promote proving you can enforce before expanding scope. > You all don't That is a product of levels of risk, legislation scope, and market reaction to the general murkiness of how it will be interpreted and enforced. It's like telling a business they don't need an accountant, the information is all out there. > The view of pre-GDPR internet as something free of regulation, or free from government involvement, or as nothing but a land of milk and honey seems to me like a pretty severe case of rose-tinted glasses, especially if we're talking the last 10-15 years. Agree and I definitely don't share that view. I am proud of my peers for fighting it where we have, I just wish we could separate what we want vs how we get it. Speaking of breaches, I think that's a great initial place to direct legislation and build citizen support against reckless companies without going all in on legislation of data specifically. It also has the benefit of punishing violations instead of prescribing specific maintenance rules. |