I've never heard it expressed this way, but GDPR is essentially a tax on collect...

phamilton on April 2, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stock Markets Tumble Amid Worries Over Tech Firms ...

I've never heard it expressed this way, but GDPR is essentially a tax on collecting data. Not in a revenue generating way, but definitely in a "discouraging behavior" way. It increases costs for companies to collect and store user data.