Run-away techies pipe dreams meet problem-o-phile reasoning
* With wearables we could collect the health data of millions of individuals
* With these data, we can do research
* With this reseach we could cure <insert the latest medical problem that's really en vogue>
* But, wait, the GDPR prevents us from collecting the data in the first place, ohh the humanity!
* GDPR prolongues <insert the latest medical problem that's really en vogue>
--> never mind the handwaving involved in point 3
And there you have it, the techies cry foul, the media report, an nobody is ever the wiser.
Techies should stick to tech, law people to law; it doesn't bring any good, if suddenly techies decide laws do not apply to them.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
