And the 96% of the worlds population and the 82% of the worlds economy that is NOT American will go "Meh"
Perhaps it's time to relook at Copyright and bring the terms back to realistic while we are at it.

This will all be even MORE true if Trumpty Dumpty gets in again.

So just like the USA then.

Go for it, it will harm Apple more than the EU.

Ahh yes the "I can" argument, and then pile the blame on those that can't/don't know how.
How about putting the blame where it actually belongs, the ones who are collecting, collating, and selling the information.

You seemingly have the belief that because some of the information about you is wrong it all is. Have you ever though that the incorrect information is used by other companies to your detriment ? How do you know ?

100% agree. When HP started doing "Dumb Shit" , I removed them from all future purchasing decisions.

Nothing is ever perfect. Or perhaps based on your online activities they believe they are right...

How do you know if you are being discriminated against ?
Do you have access to see if the information they hold about you is accurate ?
Who / how many have that information ?

That information is used way beyond targeted adverts. You naively think it's not being used for other purposes ?
How do you know your health insurance has no bias due to your food/alcohol/recreation (or lack of it) habits ?
What about jobs, ever miss out on one ?, perhaps your association to someone criminal is too close, or your porn watching, religious/political affiliation, etc.
Miss out on the promotion, perhaps the information a pregnancy test was bought was a deciding factor...

The abuse of this information is worth far more than the fines imposed.

Ever hear of Cambridge Analytica ?
Do you honestly think they are the only ones ?

Ahh ignorance is bliss.... You search for public information, they build up profiles based on web tracking info, every web page you go to that has the little [f] symbol for Facebook gathers info on you, they buy info on you from data brokers, get stuff from public records via data scraping. Any of your friends mention you, post pictures of you etc etc is collected and collated. YOU HAVE ZERO PRIVACY and zero rights to it as far as advertisers are concerned.

So you are happy your personal information can end up in China as part of their "select partners" ?
Where does your information being sold end ?
IIRC facebook one boasted they knew where everyone in the world lived to within less than 1/2 a mile or something. They also knew their marital status, sexual orientation, income, debts, what web sites you visit, any false names you may use, your job, your friends, etc etc etc. Basically there is nothing about your life they do not know because someone sold them that information. They know all about your family. You do not even need to be a customer for them to know all about you.

The reality is, they could still sell adverts just like they did before the internet.
They could make their service pay for.
The reality is that these platforms have no accountability for the societal harms they do.

The "punishments" are so low they are simply considered a cost of doing business., so they do not care.

And yet when we bought a pregnancy test kit for our daughter, we got inundated with adverts for Baby clothes etc etc etc

There is a difference between biographies and information collected and sold.

Oh and big surprise, 96% of people do NOT live in the USA and their rights are just as important. More so because it is so often US corporations who abuse peoples privacy. The EU has a better grasp on reality for privacy of information.

"Freely" ???? exactly where can I say NO ? If you mean the consumer is extorted into saying "I agree"... that is NOT freely.

More and more privacy means lying.
It should be illegal for companies to on sell your personal information.
Put in massive fines for breaches , for each piece of info, ensure these companies do not collect and store more information than needed, and stop it being seen as another "income stream" and instead being seen as a liability.

The 96% of the worlds population who do not reside in the USA would be happy to have these educated, skilled people, so that they can continue in their work making actual peoples lives better rather than being forced to appease religious wackjobs.

Hey US Women ... in many other countries you DO have bodily autonomy and are there actual secular countries.

Nuromberg