BRUSSELS—Europe’s data-protection regulators are preparing to brandish their new enforcement powers shortly after the bloc’s new privacy law, known as the GDPR, enters into force Friday. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation foresees steep fines for companies that don’t comply with the new rules, aimed at giving Europe-based users more control over the data companies hold on them. Companies...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 24, 2018 22:02 UTC