Survey: US companies are ill-prepared for new EU rules

GUEST: An onslaught of recent EU rulings and proceedings is posing challenges for US Internet-based companies. Recent changes include new tax rulings, content payment issues, impediments to the WhatsApp merger, and possible antitrust actions against Google.
The impact of one EU ruling — last spring’s enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which contains the “right to be forgotten” mandate, explicit consent, and personally identifiable information prot