gdpr

Protecting a user’s privacy rights with a website begins with your first line of code.  From this point on, all developers should have data protection in the back of their minds.  This is especially true for the backend.  Once that’s been acknowledged, the frontend has its own data protection measures that need to be taken, the most relevant of which is a site with a concisely written (presented content), easy-to-use cookie consent. 

There’s been extensive praise, critique and frustration regarding the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which went into effect on May 25, 2018.  The regulation applies to all organizations that process personal data of an EU data subject, any individual who resides and/or travels through EU territory regardless of citizenship.

As we approach May 25 2018, the internet is becoming flooded by GDPR related articles (see eg. Google Trends for GDPR). This is the date from when the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect.

But in lot of cases you may find these articles contradictory, incomplete or subjective. Who to trust and how to make decisions is a dilemma for many. Find the truth below.