Europe's New Privacy Law Takes Effect Today. Here's How the World Is Handling Digital Rights

The European Union’s much-vaunted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force this week. But Europe isn’t the only entity trying to balance digital freedoms with citizens’ privacy rights. These five facts look at the state of data privacy laws around the world. What is GDPR? GDPR is the updated replacement to Europe’s 1995 Data…