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# [“Why am I getting all these Privacy Policy update emails?”](https://coreyvarma.com/why-am-i-getting-all-these-privacy-policy-update-emails?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In April 2016, the European Union (“EU”) passed a sweeping new regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which becomes effective today, May 25, 2018. Because the GDPR is a regulation, as opposed to a directive (such as the 1998 EU ...

May 25, 2018 · 4 min read · coreyvarma.com  
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