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Rules are now tighter in the EU and beyond, businesses and public authorities are sweating to be compliant.

'Consent' - the good, the bad and the ugly in e-privacy regulation

Trying to link a spaghetti western with digital privacy might seem as a stretch: but in Europe, we are reaching the climactic showdown of how to efficiently protect privacy online, without hampering innovation and our continent's global competitiveness.

Just two weeks ago, the EU's famous General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into application.

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Rules are now tighter in the EU and beyond, businesses and public authorities are sweating to be compliant.

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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