The Updated Privacy Policy Emails We've All Been Getting
First off, yay! Companies so needed to update all of their privacy policies and tell their consumers EXACTLY what is done with their information --- so woo-hoo! It's about damn time!
I thought these privacy policies were being updated due to Facebook and Twitter assisting Russia to elect Donald Trump, and therefore they were starting to feel the pressure of possible repercussions if they didn't shape up. But that's not why at all.
A new European privacy law called the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) goes into effect on May 25th, 2018 and companies are updating their policies to meet GDPR requirements. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thanks, Tapatalk for explaining this to me.
"The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy."
Well yay, Europe!
I thought these privacy policies were being updated due to Facebook and Twitter assisting Russia to elect Donald Trump, and therefore they were starting to feel the pressure of possible repercussions if they didn't shape up. But that's not why at all.
A new European privacy law called the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) goes into effect on May 25th, 2018 and companies are updating their policies to meet GDPR requirements. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thanks, Tapatalk for explaining this to me.
"The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy."
Well yay, Europe!