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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
Articles of the GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is comprised of 99 Articles and 173 Recitals. Below you'll find a summary and brief explanation of each Article of the GDPR, organized by Chapter. We've strived to explain each Article in the most clear and simple way so you can get a basic understanding...
Privacy Policy for BigCommerce Stores
BigCommerce is an eCommerce software company that produces shopping cart software - a program that you can integrate into your website to allow visitors to make purchases. By turning browsers into buyers, shopping cart software carries out a crucially important function on your website and also handles personal data on your...
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....