By Raymond Dragunaitis
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation came into effect May 25th. The new privacy law, which was passed in April 2016, forbids companies from collecting personal information from users over the Internet without their explicit consent. In most cases, the companies must show they need the data for a specific purpose. In the case of a data breach, companies must inform all affected users and report it to their state's overseeing authority, which all member states must establish, within 72 hours. The same day the law came into effect, complaints were filed against Facebook, Google, Instagram, and WhatsApp, claiming they forced users to consent to targeted advertising to use their services. Companies who violate the rules can be fined up to 20 million Euros, or 4% of their global turnover. News websites that are part of Tronc and Lee Enterprises, including New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Orlando Sentinel, and Baltimore Sun, were made unavailable to users within the EU. Sites including The Washington Post and Time required EU users to agree to new terms, while CNN and the New York Times, among others, were unaffected by the GDPR.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44248448
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