“As long as violations of data protection law are penalized with such insignificant sums, the ability of existing laws to protect personal privacy in the digital world, with its high potential for abuse, is barely possible,”

The United States does nothing to protect us from violations of data collection. I am sad to live in a country that calls themselves a democracy and exploits my constitutional rights on a daily basis. As long as there are jobs created, there will be a data collection industry and citizens will be more than happy to collect a paycheck and fancy federal title in return for collecting information on their neighbors unknowingly.