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What New European Data Protection Rules Mean for You
Natasha Singer, New York Times technology reporter in the Business section, talks about the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and why it’s led to all those privacy-policy emails, plus some of the other implications of the new rules.
Under Europe's new rules, if companies want to market to you with your email, you have to agree. Here, not so much. @natashanyt explains the many differences between online privacy here + there.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 31, 2018@natashanyt says: In the United States, if you sign up for a service like Twitter...you'll get the box that says, agree. In Europe, they have to be much clearer and ask you to consent to specific things. And they aren't supposed to deny service if you don't agree.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 31, 2018Here's a tip from @natashanyt: if you see these notifications, use it as an excuse to look at your privacy preferences on major sites - so many things are turned on by default -- and you can turn them off.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 31, 2018