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I think that one issue with EU rules is how countries interpret and implement them. Our system tends to take the rules as "law" and forces obedience. Other countries take them as guidelines to be generally followed with a good pinch of common sense unless it applies to "foreigners" when for some reason whole layers of bureaucracy is involved.


I also think that it's the same here with our own laws. If the civil servants who get to implement things don't like it they can make it very hard to work.


Finally lots of rules are here because of people that break the rules. It should be easy to, for example, say that if you are unemployed after 2 weeks you can claim benefit that would include fuel bills being covered, food etc. But you have to then prevent people just claiming because they don't want to work, ensure that payments go to the right person and lots of other rules and regulations with exceptions and exceptions to the exceptions and so on. GDPR shouldn't really be needed, good companies should be doing that sort of thing anyway. You need a framework to tell them that maybe so they can ensure they design systems well and maybe outline punishments for abuse but not all the weight and work GDPR requires from everyone collecting data.