Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown

The European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to come into effect on May 25, 2018, which will require companies to obtain explicit consent from users before collecting and storing their personal data. This means that phone manufacturers may need to obtain permission from users before collecting data about their location, contacts, and other sensitive information. The regulation also gives users the right to access and delete their personal data at any time. Companies that fail to comply with the regulation may face significant fines of up to €20 million or 4% of their annual global turnover.