Europe's new data protection law is coming into effect on May 25. Smaller companies that do not have the same resources are struggling. Here's whyEuropean lawmakers have pushed back on suggestions that GDPR could give the biggest tech companies an advantage over smaller rivals. Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Union's data protection supervisor, said that the biggest companies will also face the largest fines if they violate the rules. Europe is about to do just thatExperts say some smaller companies outside Europe might not yet realize that they have to comply with GDPR, because similar rules don't exist in their home market.

Source: CNN May 11, 2018 10:30 UTC