I noticed some errors in the top post of this thread:
1. it's been more than two years, not nearly two
2. "but this it feels like they might get away with it" -> "this time* it feels like..."
too many people have boosted for me to want to edit it, but it was bugging me
anyway, I hope all my new followers who are interested in European privacy legislation and whatever have taken the time to write to their legislative representatives.
I don't even have voting rights but I wrote to reps in the country where my business is registered. I really hope it has some impact because I don't want the hassle of changing jurisdictions over this.