What is the official website of GDPR?
Welcome to gdpr-info.eu. Here you can find the official PDF of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) in the current version of the OJ L 119, 04.05.
Does GDPR apply to websites?
If you have a website or hold any personally identifiable information (including name, email address, phone numbers etc) for your clients, suppliers, partners and / or employees you have to be compliant. GDPR does not apply to non-personal or commercial data eg sales@ email addresses.
What is GDPR compliance for websites?
To be GDPR compliant, websites need to update their privacy policy to include essential information about how your website collects and uses customer data. The policy should provide complete disclosure of personal data and how businesses intend to use it.
How do I become a GDPR compliant website?
5 steps toward website GDPR compliance
- Fine-tune your privacy policy.
- Obtain clear consent to use cookies.
- Ensure your plugins comply with GDPR.
- Limit the data you collect and store via form submissions.
- Clean up your mailing lists.
What is the GDPR in the EU?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the toughest privacy and security law in the world. Though it was drafted and passed by the European Union (EU), it imposes obligations onto organizations anywhere, so long as they target or collect data related to people in the EU.
What is EU GDPR compliance?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information from individuals who live in the European Union (EU). The GDPR mandates that EU visitors be given a number of data disclosures.
Do all websites have to comply with GDPR?
GDPR applies to all companies doing business in the EU regardless of their location. Having a user access your website from the EU does not establish your intention to do business in the EU. If you actively court business in the EU, however, you need to follow GDPR.
Does GDPR only apply to EU companies?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not only apply to businesses in the European Union (EU). Instead, companies from all over the world may have to comply with the GDPR when processing personal data because of the new scope of European data protection legislation.
Do all websites need to be GDPR compliant?
If your website does not collect any personal data (including IP addresses) and does not use cookies and you do not have contact forms or newsletters, you will not have to do anything to be GDPR compliant. All other sites will need to obtain consent.
Do US websites need to be GDPR compliant?
Yes, if your US-based website collects and processes personal data on individuals inside the EU, you are required to comply with the GDPR. You must ask and obtain the explicit consent of the data subjects (your users inside EU) before legally being able to collect their personal data.
Why EU GDPR is good for business?
Why the GDPR is good for business Anastasia Olshanskaya Nonmember Contributor The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is designed to protect individuals’ personal data and facilitate the exchange of information for businesses that operate in the EU.
Will GDPR actually protect EU citizens?
The GDPR is actually not concerned with citizenship. What matters is if a person is located or residing in the EU. If a person is residing in an EU country, his personal data is protected by the GDPR. If a person with EU citizenship leaves the EU, he is no longer covered by the GDPR.
Is the GDPR is only on EU?
It is a common misconception that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on May 25th 2018, only applies to businesses and organizations which are based within the EU and that international organizations will be exempt. This is not the case .
What countries are subject to GDPR?
Austria