General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May 2018, was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens’ data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.
See our Guide to GDPR for a look at what you need to know and how you can prepare and comply.
Report: More than 75 percent of US companies concerned about meeting GDPR deadline
A NetApp survey of global marketers found that a startling number of businesses still are not ready for the EU...
MarTech Today’s GDPR guide for marketers is now available
We created this easy-to-understand resource especially for marketers, highlighting what's important to know about the upcoming EU data privacy...
Facebook starts to roll out GDPR notifications and consent requests
The company may have an uphill battle ahead to get users to share personal data....
Senators introduce privacy “bill of rights” to protect consumer data
The CONSENT Act would require edge providers to comply with FTC-regulated data protection...
Tech companies organize two efforts to support personal data management — both called Open GDPR
Though unrelated, the initiatives reflect some of the ways the ad and marketing industry is organizing itself around its personal data...
Countdown to compliance: What marketers need to know before the GDPR deadline
As May 25 approaches, contributor EJ McGowan suggests three important tenets to keep in mind while revamping your data practices....
More companies announce GDPR compliance efforts as the deadline for enforcement looms
Google Analytics, MailChimp and Squarespace are the latest large enterprises to announce GDPR updates and...
Here are some more misconceptions about GDPR
There’s certainly no shortage of them for the upcoming General Data Protection...
How GDPR may help drive blockchain usage for content
Contributor Randy Apuzzo explains how blockchain for content can help build trust and transparency in the digital economy, in keeping with the...
YouTube to stop supporting third-party ad serving in EU in May, citing GDPR
YouTube will also limit support for third-party pixel tracking, according to a...
This week in GDPR
A weekly wrap-up of how companies are preparing for the General Data Protection...
Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where that leaves us
A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world's dominant social media platform, and what the most recent data exposure means for...
Sendwithus launches GDPR-compliant, cloud-based email CMS
Dyspatch was made specifically to help enterprises manage their transactional emails on a large...
Facebook to require authorization and labeling on all political and ‘issue’ ads, verification of large Pages and more
The company also plans to roll out tools that let users see who is advertising on a Page and search through all the political ads running on the...
How Salesforce and Demandbase are handling GDPR for B2B
Salesforce is embracing it across its platform, while Demandbase is focusing on compliance for EU...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week
The social media company and its CEO continue to face increased scrutiny in the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica...
Facebook: We’ll implement GDPR privacy protections globally
The company's public commitment puts pressure on others in the US to make the same pledge....
President Trump: Save us from the GDPR horror show
Third Door Media CEO Chris Elwell explains the onerous costs of complying with the European privacy regulation and calls upon the President to...
9 steps you can take now to get prepared for GDPR
There are still things you can do before the May 25 deadline to be more prepared for the European...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company does not plan to apply GDPR globally
The news comes despite a January announcement of a global privacy center. The beleaguered CEO says the social network 'wanted to extend privacy...
