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Articles by Shan Wang and Christine Schmidt

May 25, 2018

Welcome to GDPR: Here are the data privacy notices publishers are showing their Europe-based readers

We’re seeing what publishers have decided to implement on their websites as of May 25 — whether they’ve decided to block European Union and European Economic Area-based traffic outright, set up buckets of consent for readers to click through, or done something simpler (or nothing new at all).

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Schmidt, Shan Wang and Christine. "Welcome to GDPR: Here are the data privacy notices publishers are showing their Europe-based readers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 25 May. 2018. Web. 31 Mar. 2023.

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Schmidt, S. (2018, May. 25). Welcome to GDPR: Here are the data privacy notices publishers are showing their Europe-based readers. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/welcome-to-gdpr-here-are-the-data-privacy-notices-publishers-are-showing-their-europe-based-readers/

Chicago

Schmidt, Shan Wang and Christine. "Welcome to GDPR: Here are the data privacy notices publishers are showing their Europe-based readers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 25, 2018. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/05/welcome-to-gdpr-here-are-the-data-privacy-notices-publishers-are-showing-their-europe-based-readers/.

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