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The General Data Protection Regulation is looming, and for many publishers, it's a mad scramble to get their sites compliant before the enforcement date on May 25. That's when they have to start asking European visitors for permission to collect and use their data, or risk running afoul of the EU privacy law... "There's a lot of things within GDPR that are kind of vague," Roberts said. "Seeing what our competitors are doing will be helpful to seeing what is absolutely necessary. Blocking gives us some time."... The extremist approach to GDPR: Some US publishers consider blocking European visitors

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