The reason the GDPR failed and was more an annoyance than a solution is because of its lack of enforcement and the total incompetence of the ICO.
I don't think it is clear that GDPR has failed. Companies actually think about data privacy now, to a much greater extent than they previously have. For example shady practices by the likes of google and facebook have come under the spotlight and companies do face significant GDPR fines when they mess up e.g. this 890 million euro whopper for amazon [1].
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I don't think it is clear that GDPR has failed. Companies actually think about data privacy now, to a much greater extent than they previously have. For example shady practices by the likes of google and facebook have come under the spotlight and companies do face significant GDPR fines when they mess up e.g. this 890 million euro whopper for amazon [1].
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/amazon-gi...