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8 User Rights Under the GDPR

The EU Commission describes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as: "an essential step to strengthening citizens' fundamental rights in the digital age [which] provides tools for gaining control of one's personal data." The GDPR achieves this by setting out eight rights that all EU citizens have when it comes to...

6 Privacy Principles of the GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets a new standard for data privacy. Under the GDPR, anyone wishing to process the personal data of European Union (EU) citizens must abide by a clear set of rules, underpinned by six privacy principles. These fundamentally important precepts should be at the center...

GDPR and Log Data

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brings a host of new requirements for anyone offering goods and services in the EU. It gives strict rules about what you can and can't do with the personal data you collect. According to Article 3 (2), the GDPR applies to anyone -...

Privacy Policy for Facebook Pages

If you're a Facebook Page admin, you may need to make some important changes to your Page. Facebook has amended its Pages, Groups and Events Policies to include a Page Insights Controller Addendum. The Policy Addendum (an addition to the main policy) applies to anyone administering a Facebook Page within the...

3 Part Test for Legitimate Interests Under the GDPR

If you're choosing to rely on legitimate interests as your lawful basis for processing personal data, it's important you can demonstrate that you've done some background work in determining that this is the right lawful basis for your purposes. This is called a Legitimate Interests Assessment. The General Data Protection Regulation...

Update Your SaaS App Privacy Policy for GDPR Compliance

May 25th 2018, also known as "GDPR Day" in the tech industry, has long passed. Many SaaS companies don't realize how many necessary changes and updates they might still need to make to their Privacy Policies in order to be GDPR-compliant. We'll take a look at a few of the key...