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<p>Lily: /* added explanation of title text */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1998<br /> | date = May 25, 2018<br /> | title = GDPR<br /> | image = gdpr.png<br /> | titletext = By clicking anywhere, scrolling, or closing this notification, you agree to be legally bound by the witch Sycorax within a cloven pine.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by the EUROPEAN UNION - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic was released on the date on which the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation General Data Protection Regulation] law went into effect. Most people will have already seen a large number of updated privacy policies in the week or two leading up to this law going active. And while XKCD would likely be outside of the jurisdiction that the law can enforce, it technically does fall within the scope of the law (as certainly EU citizens visit xkcd).<br /> <br /> There are several references made to this law, but also several jokes are included about the way people treat privacy policies specifically, and user agreements in general.<br /> <br /> The title text is a reference to Shakespeare's &quot;The Tempest,&quot; in which the witch Sycorax imprisoned the sprite Ariel in a cloven pine prior to Ariel's rescue by Prospero.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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