Chances are, over the past few days you’ve been getting emails from the apps and mailing lists you subscribe to, alerting you to their new privacy policies.
That’s because on Friday the European Union will bring into effect some of the world’s strictest online privacy rules — new regulations that some experts say will afford Canadian internet users more protections, as well, if companies opt to extend the privacy features to users worldwide.
Here’s what you need to know about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
“Simply put,” says Robin Mansell, a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and head of the Department of Media and Communications, “the GDPR requires that all organizations in the EU be explicit with
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