I don’t know, this article maybe makes sense through an american lens, i’m open to that idea.
From my view, GDPR has had a few impacting benefits to me personally already.
I’ve been notified of security breaches 3 times now that i’m confident either wouldn’t have been reported or would but 18 months later. I’ve been able to move my ISP as a result. Getting closer to that idea that customers will punish you if you mess up - in this case i was able to learn about their mistake thanks to GDPR.
I agree. Additionally the added ability to get my data back via take-out features from most services has been a general boon for me, and a major upside to the law. A far more important feature of the GDPR in my eyes than vindictive punishments.
It doesn't take too much searching to discover where GDPR benefits the consumer. Facebook basically wrote a big announcement about it two months before GDPR came into effect: https://about.fb.com/news/2018/03/privacy-shortcuts/
Of course they don't reference GDPR specifically, but it's all basically new tools that allowed them to handle GPDR requirements automatically rather than having to handle a deluge of access requests and otherwise manually which would have been much more expensive.
From my view, GDPR has had a few impacting benefits to me personally already.
I’ve been notified of security breaches 3 times now that i’m confident either wouldn’t have been reported or would but 18 months later. I’ve been able to move my ISP as a result. Getting closer to that idea that customers will punish you if you mess up - in this case i was able to learn about their mistake thanks to GDPR.