The European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager discussed the differences in attitude toward data privacy between the U.S. and Europe, Recode reports. Vestager said Europeans have been more critical of data collection and other tech practices. “What we see in Europe is that a huge proportion of citizens find that they are not in control," Vestager said. “They distrust the companies to protect their data, and I think that is very bad, because then there is a risk of withdrawing from all the benefits of our digital economy. And in order to build up trust I think it is very important that we enforce privacy rules, that we get privacy by design in new services, so that privacy is not just an add-on, that it is very basic."
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