the EU has its own DP laws but the uk has diffrent ones from mainland EU, even though the uk is part of the EU they do not have the same laws as the EU which is why LL are going to find it hard, uk DP laws fall into diffrent regions within the uk

scottish data protection is stricter than england, ireland and wales
english law has diffrent DPA
wales has diffrent DPA
ireland has diffrent DPA

if LL are going to make a data collection sever they need to make one in each of the places above, 1 in scotland, 1 in england 1 in wales and 1 in ireland, the uk has so many diffrent law systems LL would find it near impossible to do it and the cost of it would cause them headaches.

i know what LL is doing and it is scary, there are only a few things they can ask from ppl and the number 1 thing they cannot ask for is for the persons social security number, if they ever ask for that anywhere in the uk then i think the goverment would have something to say as it is only the goverment agencys that can ask for that