[rapht]

Let me repeat what I have already state elsewhere : the only way the privacy nightmare ends is when we thouroughly regulate the personal data market out of existence - meaning going one step further than GDPR and just forbid any use of my personal data except in the context of fulfilling an actual purchase or specific request by me and for communicating with me to the extent I allow it. All other uses are banned.

[analog31]

I think there should be a statutory penalty for possession or transmission of personal information. There's such a penalty for copyrighted music recordings. It creates an incentive for lawyers to act as bounty hunters on behalf of victims, for a cut of the settlement.

[api]

That’d be pretty hard to get passed since not only does the government buy this data but political campaigns are massive customers. Every political party in the world is leveraging microtargeting now.

It would require a really huge uproar, boycotts, lawsuits, and a wide spectrum movement.

Hard to get that together in a world where political consciousness is constantly trapped in the tar pit of culture war trolling. The culture war pretty much guarantees no other issues can sway elections.

…and of course all that data driven microtargeting is used to drive culture war rage trolling to keep things this way. They know exactly what will make you mad, and thus distract you.