As technology continues to mine private data, the lack of penalties and punishment for enforcement of GDPR has led many to believe that:
the GDPR authorities receive little support, are underfunded, understaffed, and unmotivated;
technology giants will increasingly begin to ignore provisions of the GDPR;
smaller technology companies will disappear as compliance with the GDPR has a chilling effect on the marketplace; and
other countries will consequently be unable to enforce their own versions of the GDPR.
Read about how the lack of enforcement of GDPR worries privacy experts.