Why you should care about GDPR, even if you don't live in Europe

If you've been anywhere near the internet in the last few weeks, then you've probably noticed that just about every company you've ever interacted with has been busy sending out a flood of emails notifying you about changes to their privacy policies.

The reason for this, of course, is a little something called GDPR: a new set of European regulations governing how companies manage our personal data. Those rules go into effect as of Friday, May 25, which means companies everywhere are scrambling to bring their own policies up to speed with the new rules.

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