ePrivacy (or ePR) Another data protection regulation to comply with?! Roll the clocks back to 25th May 2018. Many marketers were fearing the worst about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was coming into force. Cue a string of last-minute website changes, consent emails being sent, and records removed…
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5 GDPR requirements for your Newsletter’s Content The GDPR, in specific, gives personal data owners the explicit right to file a problem with a supervisory authority if they feel that any processing of their individual data was performed in infraction of regulations. So for example, if a report is made…
11 GDPR requirements for adding subscribers into mailing list As newsletter sign-up forms are personal data collection tools, under EU law (particularly the GDPR) it is obligatory that you obtain the informed consent of the owner prior to subscribing them to any newsletter service. Under EU regulations, getting consent can…
Hidden Communities thriving on Personal Data There has been a great deal of attention given to companies with which we engage every day regarding our Personal Data – and for very good reason. But what about the businesses that work in the background, away from the media’s spotlight and outside…
Newsletter & Email Marketing GDPR advice Any newsletter is an exceptionally effective marketing tool. It’s an affordable way to develop and keep a relationship with your clients. Since GDPR, it can also wind up costing you if you’re not satisfying your legal obligations. If you prepare to or are presently…
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The Data Subject is a natural person (a human being) whose personal data is processed by a controller or processor (or both). For example, a data subject can be your website visitor, your customer or even your employee. GDPR Art. 4 (1): ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an…
Processing can be any activity or set of activities performed on personal data, e.g. viewing, collecting, storing, transferring, modifying, erasing. Simply put, pretty much anything you do with your customers’ data on purpose is “processing.” GDPR Art. 4 (2): ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed…
You, as WordPress owner, you are the controller A controller is someone who determines the purpose (the why) and means (the how) of processing personal data. If you own a website that does anything with its visitor’s personal data, you are the controller. You control your customers’ data and you…