https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/25/gdpr-emails-flood-inboxes.html

You might have noticed that your inbox is suddenly being bombarded by messages from apps and services you haven't used in years. You're not alone, that's my Gmail inbox above.

There's a reason you're receiving them now: Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on Friday, May 25, which means companies and services are now alerting you to how they meet the new privacy guidelines.