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Honestly I have no issue with being able to sell your data, what I take issue with is the consent part both in the fact that companies are ignoring that law and that the law is set up to hoeplessly violate people's consent constantly whether on paper they technically agree by clicking "I agree" or whatever.
I would also say I believe people are entitled to a share of profits made through surveillance capitalism done onto their identity whether the person is aware of the profits being made using their data or not at the time. I do not believe there should be a time limit on how far back you can litigate on this and I think the only way companies should be allowed to escape this legal conundrum is by explicitly educating their customers/clients according to regulations about this kind of thing and proactively sharing the profits made upon the personal data shared even after it has been "anonymized".