As technology continues to mine private data, the lack of penalties and punishment for enforcement of GDPR has led many to believe that:

• the GDPR authorities receive little support, are underfunded, understaffed, and unmotivated;

• technology giants will increasingly begin to ignore provisions of the GDPR;

• smaller technology companies will disappear as compliance with the GDPR has a chilling effect on the marketplace; and

• other countries will consequently be unable to enforce their own versions of the GDPR.

Read about how the lack of enforcement of GDPR worries privacy experts.