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Legal Issues with User Generated Content

User Generated Content is a great way for your company to build brand awareness, interact with your customer base, and improve your website's search engine ranking. Allowing visitors to add their voices and creations to your website or social media pages adds real value to your company's online presence. However,...

Do You Need an EU Data Representative to Comply with the GDPR?

If your business is located outside of the European Union, GDPR compliance may seem like a murky and confusing process. Indeed, some of its stipulations are more than a little perplexing. One of these vague and much-debated conditions is set by Article 27, which states that certain businesses outside of...

GDPR and Transactional Emails

If your company operates within the EU, the way you send email to your customers is regulated by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). There are two basic types of automated emails that most businesses send: Marketing emails - designed to promote commercial products and services (such as ads, promotions, campaigns,...

Lawful Basis for Processing Under the GDPR

Gone are the days where massive swathes of information could be collected, shared, and used for any numbers of reasons. The GDPR goes into great detail about when and how personal information can be collected and processed. It also defines what a lawful basis is for collecting and processing personal data....

Setting Up Newsletters for GDPR Compliance

Do you send out email newsletters? If you do, you're collecting personal data in the form of email addresses. If you have any subscribers who reside in the EU, you need to be aware of how the GDPR affects your newsletters. Email marketers now have two choices. Comply with the new European...

Privacy Policies for VR Apps and Games

Virtual reality (VR) games are incredibly popular these days. If you are the owner of a VR platform or a distributor of online VR applications you should pay close attention to your Privacy Policy agreement. This article addresses the privacy implications specific to VR businesses and their users. It also lays...