Im already respecting my users privacy. I should’t have to spend time and money to prove it any more than i should have to prove I didn’t rob your house.
Sure make it illegal to mistreat user data then punish those who fail. Don’t punish everyone up front
And no, this is not about demolishing our way of life, the town we live in or the planet, it's about respecting the privacy of your users, which - for a change - is actually a positive thing. Unless of course you weren't going to do that in the first place you should welcome the development, I imagine that in a just world the Vogons would be on the receiving end of it.
Oh, and in this case the plans were not on display in the locked filing cabinet in a basement of a building where the lights had gone off and where the stairs were missing.
A handy URL has been provided for a long long time and all the debates have been recorded in public as well.