Unless you`ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you`ll have noticed the barrage of emails from companies notifying you of changes to their privacy policy and terms of service. That`s no coincidence, of course: on Friday, May 25, a sweeping new legislation, which deals with data privacy and how companies handle an individual`s personal data, will go into effect in the European Union. The regulation, called the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, grants individuals a series of rights concerning their personal data, and stipulates a number of duties companies have regarding how that data is processed. Read MoreThe GDPR goes into effect on Friday, here´s how it will affect you was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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