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This law was crappy from the beginning and plenty of people said so.

It protects the massive corporate interests while encumbering startups and offering governments another way to abuse people.

All that while bringing ZERO benefits. Please tell me ONE way my life is better since GDPR. It's been a little while, after all.

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I know of a few companies that decided to stop selling customer data to data brokers due to GDPR. Now its impossible to know if you were specifically affected by exactly these companies' business practices. But if you're in the EU you would have to live a rather strange life not to be affected in some way.

One of these companies was an airline. They would share the price you paid (meal you chose, etc.) with among others, a company specializing in "individualized pricing". Meaning: if you flew business class, the telecom company might just not show you the cheaper options next time your contract is up for renewal.

Here's one benefit: you can request your personal data from every organization you have been interacting with.

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