[rjv]

I have this eerie suspicion that GDPR cases will be a haven for trollish and/or opportunist behavior. Instead of huge corporations having to shell out significant money to swallow up start-up competitors, they could much more cheaply pay EU citizens to exploit the huge burden of the law on small companies or even solo endeavors. I hope I can be convinced to be optimistic.

[encoderer]

Yes, government regulation is unquestionably more of a burden to companies without legal teams. If you’re smaller it’s an eternal calculus of flying under the radar and trying not to be the bug that gets the windscreen.

[kodablah]

> I hope I can be convinced to be optimistic.

I'm kinda hoping my pessimism becomes justified. At that point, I can then only hope that an epiphany is reached and other approaches used without resorting to large sweeping legislation (which, among many other things could include more timid and actually enforced legislation at first). However, regardless of which side of the Atlantic I look on, it seems legislators only double down when their desired effect is not achieved. They only know one direction.

[drchiu]

Yes I remember reading about this thought here: https://wtfuh.com/2018-04-09/gdpr-has-a-few-problems/