The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is probably the biggest change so far in the field of data privacy regulation law, will come into effect on the 25th May 2018.
Combining all the European data privacy laws into one regulation, the new law provides European Union citizens a much stronger and better control over the way their personal data is being tracked, collected, used and stored online.
Although GDPR applies primarily to online businesses in the EU, it will also affect website owners and developers outside the EU who are tracking, collecting and storing any kind of personal data from any European Union citizen.
WordPress, meanwhile, ruling over 60% of the CMS market and powering over 30% of global websites, increases the chances of a huge number of websites getting affected by the GDPR. If you run a WordPress-powered website that collects or monitors any kind of personal data from the citizens of the European Union; it’s time to get it ready for the GDPR.
Through this blog post, we… Read More