I'm hoping that now that there's proof of it happening, the EU will crack down on sharing your ID with corpos. Technologically illiterate they may be, but even they must realize it's bad to release your ID like that.
The American police strike me as the type who cannot take what they're dishing out. Like if you pull a gun on them and prove you are more dangerous than they are they'd probably start crying.
They didn't want to alienate a good part of their market.