> The entire premise of free exchange is that I give you my services in exchange for something of value of yours. Making it illegal to withhold services if you don't give up your data is crazy. The only reason those services are being provided at all is to get that data. That's effectively a requirement that people provide services for free.

The service isn't free. The exchange just isn't money. When money is involved a price is put forth. It's an agreed to and published exchange mechanism. When it's data on someone the price isn't shared. It's kept secret. There's always a price. It's just not always money or public. This will make more information public.

I wonder if this will start to change how business operate. Right now they are skewed against consumers towards businesses. I wonder if consumer protections, like this, will cause businesses to re-evaluate business models.