> People are accustomed to thinking if they delete something - it's gone

This is a huge problem though. They should be accustomed to thinking the opposite.

Data, once created and disseminated, is _extremely_ difficult to destroy. Instead of attempting to legislate  around reality (like [that time a US state tried to legally redefine a mathematical constant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill)), the EU should have focused on education initiatives. If someone wants to collect data on you, your _only_ defence is to _refuse to create that data_.

Does that mean you have to think before you hit the "post" button? Yes! Should your failure to think before clicking become a burden upon the rest of the world? Hell no.

 GDPR has a lot of feel-good motives behind it, but it's a flawed concept at its core.