[peyton]

GDPR is about giving control to people by disallowing data controllers from just passing the buck to 3rd party data processors.

But you can already just not work for Elon if you think he’s an asshole.

What’s the compelling state interest here?

[saagarjha]

If Elon can legally violate your rights because they’re not enshrined in labor law or not enforced, so can everyone else.

[mrpopo]

No, you don't have a choice, if you want to work on building rockets that actually ship (thanks to constant government backing and de facto monopoly, confirmed in recent years after the failure of Blue Origin and others to dethrone them).

The compelling state interest is to keep working with ethical companies.

[pintxo]

You could also not use google or amazon /s

In cases where mostly everyone is doing it, the only thing to choose for you is who’s going to abuse you/your data. But not the fact that it’s happening in the first place.