>The EU believes that privacy is a human right that everyone should have
Specially from the moment that political position can procure them financial rents, and a good pretext to stop the penetration of american companies in the economy.
And no, I am from a country inside the EU, and I am appalled at how the Brussels bureaucrats keep interfering in my relations with companies.
Agreed. Legislation should be clearly within the consitition, beyond any doubt. Back and forth with the constitutional tribunal pushes the boundaries of the constitution, and risks the tribunal conceding.
In addition, the tribunal many times can't enforce violations of the spirit of the constitution, only blatant concrete breaches.
And remember, the constitution was an agreement signed by many groups, and every single clause of it represents the result of negotiations and struggles.
Changing the constitution means overriding that consensus.
The big question is what's the origin of these laws, given that people add little value themselves, as expressed by their own choices, to privacy and conservative data management?
I wonder if the EU citizens have special needs virtually every other citizen in the world doesn't have?
Or is the EU trying to establish a power position versus american companies?
I wish we asked the citizens, who do you want to trust your data to, Google, or the government?
Q: "Do you wish to exercise your right to be forgotten, in your relation with the government?"
A: "Yes, I don't want the government to know who I am"
They are kind of useful to levy billions of dollars from a handful of US companies. Laws are absurd, over complicated, and unevenly applied, but at least they finance the Brussels bureaucracy.
I wonder if the Catholic Church applies the laws of data protection. If they retain or delete the records of the approximately 80% of baptized population.
Explaining differences between "North" and "South" through colonial exploitation is a traditional "coping mechanism" of those with inferiority complex.
The "South" benefited massively from transfers of technology from the North. The North benefited with ....?
Specially from the moment that political position can procure them financial rents, and a good pretext to stop the penetration of american companies in the economy.
And no, I am from a country inside the EU, and I am appalled at how the Brussels bureaucrats keep interfering in my relations with companies.