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Thursday May 24, 2018

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

Biometric data is considered a special category requiring explicit consent under the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation law, which goes into effect Friday. JaysonPhotography/Dermalog Identification Systems GmbH via AP hide caption

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3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

May 24, 2018 • The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect Friday, but it also has implications in the U.S. Firms like Spotify and eBay now say you can ask them to delete data about you they've stored.

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

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