“Action required: Make sure you receive important information!” was the alarming message my Internet service provider recently sent me. It turned out they wanted me to review my privacy settings — or, really, to agree that they could continue using data about me just as they had before. People throughout Europe have been inundated with such messages over recent weeks. Almost every Web page or app you open presents you with a pop-up window and an “I agree” button that must be hurdled before you can buy your train ticket, access your music, or browse content. Why this sudden concern about privacy settings? The reason is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new European privacy law that will be fully enforced this summer.¹ Given that the regulation was proposed in 2012 and adopted in May 2016, it should come as no surprise that it has become fully enforceable throughout the European Union (EU) now, after a 2-year grace period.

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扭转局面—新的《欧洲通用数据保护条例》

“需要采取的行动：确保您收到重要信息！” 是我的Internet服务提供商最近向我发送的令人震惊的消息。原来，他们希望我查看我的隐私设置-或者，实际上，同意他们可以像以前一样继续使用有关我的数据。近几周来，整个欧洲的人们被这种信息所淹没。您打开的几乎每个网页或应用程序都会为您提供一个弹出窗口和一个“我同意”按钮，在您购买火车票，访问音乐或浏览内容之前，必须先对其进行切换。为什么突然担心隐私设置？原因是通用数据保护条例（GDPR），这是一项新的欧洲隐私法律，将于今年夏天全面实施。^1个 鉴于该法规是2012年提出并于2016年5月通过的，因此，经过2年宽限期后，该法规现已在整个欧盟范围内全面实施，这不足为奇。