The GDPR is proving to be a brake on innovation. And now the EU wants to run for cover

Brussels. gdpr. Behind this acronym is the General Data Protection Regulation, the instrument introduced by the European Union to protect privacy which, according to its proponents, is changing the world. Approved in 2016 and in force since 2018, the GDPR regulates the management of personal data. The overall goal is to give citizens control over their data in the physical and digital worlds. It has inspired other countries, from Japan to Brazil, to regulate data protection in the digital world. There are also more and more admirers in the United States. But, according to its critics, between the ideal world of the law written at a given moment and the real world of its application in the continuous technological evolution, the GDPR is starting to show limits. ChatGpt is just the latest example.