GDPR meltdown: A bunch of U.S. news sites are down in Europe

If you've been working in the UK (or indeed any EU country) for the last month or so you've probably noticed a slew of emails reminding your company to get ready for then new General Data Protection Regulation, a.k.a. GDPR. Sadly, it seems some U.S. sites didn't get the memo.

SEE ALSO: How to use GDPR to clean out your inbox once and for all

On May 25th GDPR came into effect, implementing new laws about data protection within the European Union.

This is it
Today, our EU #DataProtection rules enter into application, putting the Europeans back in control of their data.
Europe asserts its digital sovereignty and gets ready for the digital age.
Read our statement → https://t.co/P19IRPWfqv #GDPR pic.twitter.com/hwCKSj2TjE

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) May 24, 2018 Read more...

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