Everything you need to know about GDPR

May 25th marks the first day of enforcement for Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, otherwise known as GDPR, a set of rules that could fundamentally flip the relationship between massive tech companies that gather data, and the users they gather it from.

Not everyone is ready for GDPR, though from Google to Slack, companies have been quietly updating terms, rewriting contracts, and rolling out new personal data tools in preparation for the massive shift in the legal landscape. So far, it's mostly been a problem for legal departments, but as policy changes and contract fights go public, it's started affecting the average web user, too.

Still, for many on the internet GDPR remains a black box of legalese and obscure policy....

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