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GDPR, which stands for General Data Protection Regulation, is a recent regulation in the European Union law. It took effect on May 25, 2018. The main aim of GDPR is to offer universal data protection of EU citizens, regardless of the country they live in.
Basically, as of May 25th, 2018, any business that is not in compliance with GDPR’s core requirements can face fines as big as 4 percent of your company’s overall (global) revenue OR €20 million (whichever is greater). This is exactly why businesses of all sizes around the world have been panicking about it.
GDPR isn’t complicated to understand. It only makes it mandatory for websites to disclose the following information to their users:
The GDPR regulations apply to all types of business websites that are catering to European citizens across the globe, and WordPress certainly isn’t an exception. It doesn’t matter where the user is geographically located when visiting your site. The law applies to you regardless of their country of residence.
What Steps Should You Take to Make Your Website GDPR Compliant?
You need to get the following steps right:
Let’s look at each of them in detail below.
The first step is to set up a cookie consent or popup so that you can easily acquire user consent on the use of cookies on your site. It shouldn’t be buried deep inside your site or your visitors shouldn’t have to search for it. Typically, it needs to be the first thing your new visitors see when they come to your site.
According to the GDPR law, you need to have a sound “Privacy Policy” that shows that you’re collecting and using data in a transparent manner. This includes everything from data collection practices to cookie usage to data privacy rules in regards to how and when user data could be shared. See to it that includes information about any data that is collected with the help of plugins.
Another requirement of GDPR is to have a clear “Cookie Policy” on the site. The cookie policy cannot be vague. It needs to clearly inform visitors about the various cookies being used on your site’s forms, your domain name, and third-party domain names.
The GDPR law is powerful enough to give users full rights to his or her data. The rights include:
You need to have a dedicated form on your site that users can use to get in touch with you regarding any of your data.he user can contact regarding the data of yours.
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