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How Europe’s New Privacy Rule Is Reshaping the Internet
This May, the GDPR will give companies a new set of rules for sharing data online
The Verge,
2018
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The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), set to take effect in May 2018, is already changing the landscape of the Internet. For companies that gather personal data, the law places more stringent requirements on the ways they obtain consent; it also introduces a new level of regulation regarding what companies can do with personal data once they have some. The Verge’s Russell Brandom outlines the GDPR’s scope and expected impact on users and companies. getAbstract recommends this brief but information-packed article to anyone in the business of personal data and for those whose data are shared.
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Russell Brandom writes about the web, culture and law for The Verge.
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