Some times ago, I registered a .be (belgium) domain mainly for my own use.
Because I like my privacy, I registered it under a fake name and address.
Out of curiosity, I looked up the domain data in the belgian whois, today.
I expected to see my fake name and address, but instead it would not show anything, with the following notice:
WHY ARE THE CONTACT DETAILS FOR A DOMAIN NAME SOMETIMES SHIELDED?
As of 25 May 2018, no personal data are to be shown on our website any longer in order to protect the privacy of individual persons. If the registrant is a private person, no contact details will be displayed, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the legislation regarding the privacy of citizens. E-mail addresses of companies and organisations are also shielded.
I don't know about you but I love this privacy stuff.
A few years ago, I registered my name and address with a few recruiters in Europe, and I used to get tons of emails about jobs, 90% of which I was not qualified for, so effectively very annoying spam.
When the GDPR went into effect, I started receiving an email from each of these idiots saying that due to regulation I was about to be removed from their mailing list, unless I respond to their mail to confirm that I want to keep receiving emails. I ignored every one of these mails and it felt good.
However I still receive a little job-related spam for some reason.
By the way, the cookie warning, on the other hand, is a bit dumb, in my opinion.