Thanks for raising the issue, Steve.

It's something that needs to be kept in the public eye.

Data generation /creation is inevitable and so is capture. This reply is being captured somewhere.

The crux of the matter is what is being done or going to be done with the data.

The worst mistake of governments and corporations is to deny or force others to deny they are collecting it. They have to be open about what they do with it and also afford individuals the opportunity to access personal data held and check its integrity.

Movies like Enemy of the State show how data collected about a person can be misused by governments in the name of protecting all of us.

Disfunctional legislatures compound the problem, because there is nobody there to protect the citizenry.

They have to stop saying "Trust us. We know what's best for you". That doesn't cut it any more.