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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
Protecting Personal Data in Your Business
The growth of digital record-keeping and internet communication has completely transformed society. As a result, personal data is collected and used by practically every business. Privacy and data protection laws vary in their scope and effectiveness. But common to many of these laws is a requirement to keep personal data...
How the GDPR Impacts Online Advertising
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is long in form, broad in scope, and powerful in its effect. Almost every company trading in the EU has had to consider how the GDPR will affect its operations. Online advertising is one of the business activities most significantly affected by the...
GDPR vs Australian Privacy Principles
Australia's Privacy Act 1988 provides a set of principles to be applied when working with personal information. These are known as the "Australian Privacy Principles" (APPs). Among other things, they provide rules about transparency, direct marketing, and security of personal information. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets out rules...
Privacy Policy for HubSpot Analytics
If you use HubSpot Analytics, it's very likely you'll need to have a Privacy Policy. Though HubSpot doesn't directly require this, it does demand that all customers follow the law when using the service. Several state, national and international laws explicitly or implicitly require a Privacy Policy when you handle personal...
Privacy Policy for Crashlytics
Crashlytics can be an effective and convenient way for you to discover the causes and severity of crashes in your app. But to do its job, Crashlytics needs to collect and analyze a lot of information about your users and their activity. You may not have really considered it, but this...
What Activities Count as Processing Under the GDPR?
The word "processing" appears in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) over 630 times. The law features seven "principles of data processing." It requires companies to ensure the "resilience of processing systems." It even proclaims that "the processing of personal data should be designed to serve mankind." Processing personal...