[EinsDueTresFour]

It is likely though that, if GDPR proves effective, other countries will soon follow suit and implement a similar set of data protection regulations.

Perhaps by then companies around the world will be forced into paying more attention to these matters, and a system of reward for white hats may become the norm.

[pojzon]

With GDPR version in each country after some time the best market will be for companies to lawsuit other IT companies over violations..

After some time smaller companies will be forced to work on market siloses, to not jave to worry about such lawsuits.