The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was designed to protect and empower all EU citizens' data privacy and to harmonize data privacy laws across European Union. The law got the enforcement since May 25, 2018 and has an exterritorial status which means the businesses outside of the EU should make their sites GDPR compliant as it is required by the EU regulation.
The GDPR affects anyone with a website that processes and collects personal data. If your business offer products and services to EU citizens or handle personal data, there are several ways to react:
The company that fails to achieve compliance will face enormous penalties and can be fined up to 4% of global annual turnover or €20 million. Making sites to be fully compliant is a must-have and you should do it as soon as possible.
Below are most important steps to put in place as soon as possible to address GDPR compliance:
With this article, we would like to inform you about why the GDPR regulation is important and why you should react to meet GDPR requirements. It is a painstaking work, but it is worth it.
NorrNext website corresponds to technical requirements to comply with the GDPR regulation and the EU Cookie Law.
Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy complies the EU regulations. The Privacy Policy sets out how NorrNext handles and protects any private information of a user on this website.
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