Introduction 

GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It’s a game-changing data privacy law set out by the EU, and was enforced from May 25th, 2018.

But don’t be fooled by the law emanating from the European Union. Your company being based in the US or elsewhere won’t save it from the (rather hefty) penalties that the EU has promised to impose should a brand fall short of GDPR compliance when dealing with EU citizen data.

So, now that you know why everybody is freaking out over GDPR, let’s dig a little deeper.

Here is what we will cover:

• What is General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
• GDPR requirements: How to be GDPR compliant
  1. Obtaining consent
  2. Timely breach notification
  3. Right to data access
  4. Right to be forgotten
  5. Data portability
  6. Privacy by design
  7. Potential data protection officers
• What happens if you aren’t GDPR compliant?
• How GDPR impacts your businesses