D1 欧盟：个人隐私保卫战

D(ata) Day: Europe's new privacy law

① When, around two years ago, the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation, many dismissed its tough new privacy law as another piece of unnecessary bureaucracy.

② But as the GDPR comes into force today, it is widely seen in a different light.

③ Many firms admit that efforts to comply have forced them finally to organise the reams of personal data they have stored.

④ And consumers are being asked politely in emails whether they wish to keep receiving this or that newsletter.

⑤ To be sure, the new law is dizzying and will lead to many complications down the line.

⑥ But, for now, Europe is much better prepared to protect its citizens' data than America, which stumbles from one privacy crisis to another.

⑦ Its latest plague is "robocalls" computers bombarding people with increasingly personalised marketing messages.

⑧ In April 3.4bn such calls were placed, up more than a third on the same month last year.

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词句：

D day: （军事术语）发起某一次作战或行动的第一天

adopt /əˈdɒpt/: vt. 正式通过/批准（法令、决议等）；采纳（建议等）

General Data Protection Regulation: 通用数据保护条例

dismiss /dɪsˈmɪs/: vt. 对……不予理睬；将（某想法）摒弃（常用搭配：dismiss sth. as sth.）

bureaucracy /ˌbjʊ(ə)ˈrɒkrəsi/: n. 官僚主义

come into force: 生效

in a different light = in a different way: 以不同的角度/方式

comply /kəmˈplʌɪ/: vi. 遵守；遵从

reams of /riːmz/: 海量的；大量的

newsletter /ˈnjuːzlɛtə/: n. 简报；简讯

to be sure: 必须要承认（让步承认某个事实）

dizzying /ˈdɪziɪŋ/: adj. 令人困惑的

dizzy /ˈdɪzi/: adj. 头晕的；困惑不解的 vt. 使困惑

complication /kɒmplɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/: n. 麻烦；纠纷

down the line: 将来

stumble /ˈstʌmb(ə)l/: vi. 绊倒；跌跌撞撞、蹒跚而行

plague /pleɪɡ/: n. 麻烦；瘟疫 vt. 困扰；折磨（常用搭配：be plagued with）

robocall /ˈrəʊbəʊkɔːl/: n. 自动语音电话

bombard /bɒmˈbɑːd/: vt. 轰炸（使人应接不暇）

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