Is your company prepared for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect on May 25? Do your executives even think you need to be? For many companies, the answers are no and no — and that’s worrying.
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Open Source News: WordPress GDPR Compliant; Liferay, Joomla New Releases and More
WordPress 4.9.6 is now available, bringing a whole bunch of GDPR-compliant features with it. For example, site owners can now designate a privacy policy page which will be shown on login and registration pages.
Continue reading...How to Obtain Consent, Remain GDPR-Compliant and Not Alienate Your Customers
The GDPR is in full swing for the European Union (EU), and that means more work for brands processing the data of EU citizens. But it doesn’t always mean more work regarding obtaining consent for such data processing — if you’ve already done so in a GDPR-compliant manner.
Continue reading...How to Obtain Consent, Remain GDPR-Compliant and Not Alienate Your Customers
The GDPR is in full swing for the European Union (EU), and that means more work for brands processing the data of EU citizens. But it doesn’t always mean more work regarding obtaining consent for such data processing — if you’ve already done so in a GDPR-compliant manner.
Continue reading...GDPR Is Here. So What Comes Next?
It’s official. It’s May 25, “G-Day.” Cutting through all the hype and confusion over the past two years, the E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now in effect and all the world is waiting to see what comes next. No, the world didn’t stop turning.
Continue reading...Why the Privacy Shield Won’t Make You GDPR-Compliant
The day finally arrived. The EU's flagship GDPR came into effect today and already there are U.S. casualties, with the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun and Orlando Sentinel blocking their services in Europe.
Continue reading...All That GDPR Consent Spam? In Many Cases It’s Unnecessary
Happy GDPR Compliance Day. If you're like me, you spent the last few weeks finding out all of the newsletters and email lists you were signed up for but forgot.
Continue reading...GDPR Is Almost Here: A Risk-Based Approach to Data Protection
The time has come: the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect this week, on May 25, and all eyes are on EU regulators to determine how they’ll enforce the requirements.
Continue reading...Did Microsoft Just Steal Google’s Gmail Thunder? And Other Digital Workplace News
In the same week that Mountain View, Calif.-based Google finally unveiled its new look Gmail, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft made a bid to steal Google’s thunder by unveiling a new set of security features for Outlook.com that will make it a lot more attractive for enterprise use.
Continue reading...Google Analytics Data Retention: A New Feature for Keeping Data Safe
As they assess the fallout of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica difficulties and prepare for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), data analytics practitioners have shifted from looking for new ways to collect and analyze data to thinking about how long data should be retained.
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