The European Union's so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on Friday. BRUSSELS: The European Union's new data protection laws came into effect on Friday, with Brussels saying the changes will protect consumers from being like "people naked in an aquarium". The EU's so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been blamed for a flood of spam emails and messages in recent weeks as firms rush to request the explicit consent of users to contact them. Britain's data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said that its site had experienced "a few interruptions" as the deadline loomed, but said that "everything is working now". EU data law is fresh ammo for Facebook's nemesis.

Source: Bangkok Post May 25, 2018 02:15 UTC