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Obviously they can't literally apply it everywhere, but it's absolutely not true that they just go after large players. I've had complaints against very small players for relatively minor violations[1] enforced by my national privacy commission.

The GDPR opened the floodgates, but the wheels are in motion, and I know of multiple SMBs who got warnings to cut out their practices.

[1] The part-time manager of a three story building posted a "list of debtors" on the lobby (which contained false information, though that wasn't relevant for the commission, which focuses on the privacy aspect)



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