{"id":179407,"date":"2018-08-17T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/better-get-ready-the-gdpr-goes-into-effect-today\/"},"modified":"2018-08-17T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:19:29","slug":"better-get-ready-the-gdpr-goes-into-effect-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/better-get-ready-the-gdpr-goes-into-effect-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Get Ready \u2013 The GDPR Goes Into Effect Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What Is It?\u00a0 What Do We Need To Know?\u00a0 What Should We Do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0iyUGLBPuBo]If you don\u2019t know what the GDPR is, and if you\u2019re not ready for it, you\u2019re going to get caught short because this is a legal deadline and it\u2019s coming up fast. The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect May 25, 2018.\u00a0 It\u2019s a privacy law that the European Union is enforcing to protect the personal data businesses collect. Even if your business is outside of the EU, you must comply.<\/p>\n

What is the GDPR?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GDPR affects all internet business worldwide. It\u2019s a very complex law, so we can\u2019t explain everything here. We\u2019ve provided some resources below that you should check out.\u00a0 Keep in mind that there are many gray areas where this law is concerned. So, you should do some research to determine how the law affects your organization\u2019s unique situation.<\/p>\n

The GDPR is an internet privacy law. All businesses, small or large, and even entrepreneurs who do business on the Internet with consumers located in the European Union need to be aware of how the law affects them.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter if your company is inside the EU, or anywhere else in the world\u2013 If you do business with anyone in the following countries, you must comply with this new law by May 25th:<\/p>\n

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  1. Austria<\/li>\n
  2. Belgium<\/li>\n
  3. Bulgaria<\/li>\n
  4. Croatia<\/li>\n
  5. Cyprus<\/li>\n
  6. Czech Republic<\/li>\n
  7. Denmark<\/li>\n
  8. Estonia<\/li>\n
  9. Finland<\/li>\n
  10. France<\/li>\n
  11. Germany<\/li>\n
  12. Greece<\/li>\n
  13. Hungary<\/li>\n
  14. Ireland<\/li>\n
  15. Italy<\/li>\n
  16. Latvia<\/li>\n
  17. Lithuania<\/li>\n
  18. Luxembourg<\/li>\n
  19. Malta<\/li>\n
  20. Netherlands<\/li>\n
  21. Poland<\/li>\n
  22. Portugal<\/li>\n
  23. Romania<\/li>\n
  24. Slovakia<\/li>\n
  25. Slovenia<\/li>\n
  26. Spain<\/li>\n
  27. Sweden<\/li>\n
  28. United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The GDPR is a consumer data protection law. It ensures that individuals can:<\/strong><\/p>\n