# Torque Toons: GDPR TLDR
**Date:** 2018-04-02
**Author:** Dan Maby
**Categories:** Community & Events, Security & Privacy, Interviews & Features
> The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, is coming May 25th. It’s similar to the European Cookie Law, but a lot more strict and specific on what data sites can collect from users. In spite of many recent news stories about big companies mining our data, I still find myself oddly dreading designing a site post-GDPR. …
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The GDPR, or [General Data Protection Regulation](https://www.eugdpr.org/), is coming May 25th. It’s similar to the European Cookie Law, but a lot more strict and specific on what data sites can collect from users. In spite of many recent news stories about big companies mining our data, I still find myself oddly dreading designing a site post-GDPR. We wrote about the GDPR in more detail [here](https://torquemag.io/2018/01/gdpr-initiative/).  
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