[drjasonharrison]

Personal data is collected, though often not reused or shared by many industries other than advertising.

For example, many organizations proactively collect emergency contact information: your employer, sports clubs, recreation companies (rafting, zipline,...).

[throw_awy_1]

True, though collecting personal data for legitimate business purposes is not really a problem in my estimation. The ban on targeted advertising would not effect this.

Banning targeted ads is a much more focused solution to try to limit the excessive and harmful collection of personal data.