The GDPR comes from a different direction - you own the data about yourself, no matter where it is stored. In the US, courts have ruled that the compiler of da

The GDPR comes from a different direction - you own the data about yourself, no matter where it is stored. In the US, courts have ruled that the compiler of data owns all that data - you have no control about data about yourself (except in a few legal categories like credit reporting). Some of these old court rulings covered telephone books and business directories. > Unnecessary personal data is a liability. Absolutely.