GDPR “was hailed as the new global standard for data protection and privacy” when it was introduced, writes johnnyryan. Yet five years on, “Europe remains unable to police big tech’s use of people’s data”
introduced the General Data Protection Regulation . Spurred by the revelations of Edward Snowden, an American whistleblower, the bloc’s lawmakers gave Europe’s rights-based approach to data sharp new teeth. Enforcers gained formidable powers, including the authority to raid companies like Google, Meta and Amazon, and to force them to change how they operate. This showpiece regulation was hailed as the new global standard for data protection and privacy.
Rather than tame big tech firms’ data free-for-alls, Europe’s weak enforcement has allowed them to steal a march on smaller competitors and betray users with data chicanery, while hiding behind legalese. Polling shows that people want tech giants to be regulated. But they also have a fatalism about data misuse and are fatigued by consent spam. This offers two important lessons.
The current commission’s term ends in October 2024. If the next commission neglects the current one’s new tech laws the same way that Mr Reynders has ignored his predecessor’s, Europe’s regulatory soft power will erode. This would be bad for human rights in Europe and beyond. The most important lesson of the first five years of theis this: if Europe really wants to be a regulatory superpower, it must stop laying down new sedimentary layers of digital law and start enforcing the laws it has.
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