Under the Directive, personal data can be collected on children without parental consent. A privacy czar would be considered an invasion of privacy. And from our point of view, the Data Privacy Directive has other drawbacks. It was developed in and is aimed at a mainframe world, with centralized databases and a manageable number of information conduits. Now we live in a world of networks where the yearly growth rate alone of potential information channels is measured in the millions.
Information is everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
Ours is a practical and flexible system. As long as business practices and technology continue to evolve, the work will never be finished. Such a disruption would be a disaster of historic proportions. It would threaten our ability to carry on trans-Atlantic trade at even current levels, let along expand it. And Europe might just be the first domino.