GDPR: what it is and why it was introduced
If we knew that going into the charcuterie store, he thanks to technology could recognize us and greet us by name, know where we live and how often we go to his store, know what we are going to order because he knows our tastes. And also he could, if he wanted, paste a GPS on our shoulder to know where we go for more shopping and how often we leave the house.
What if in return for all this Mario, the charcuterie man, offered us better service, faster shopping, a special price? Will we agree to share our data with Mario? That’s what GDPR is for.
Keeping us informed and saying no to Mario. The rationale, wanting to continue with the comparison, and since the sausage makers are almost all American, and are based outside the EU is concerned about informing its citizens and clearly protecting their privacy.
Just as the Romans laid the foundation of law, Europeans are attempting to regulate and protect the privacy of its citizens online, laying a real milestone in personal law. Actually, there was a need for it.
The GDPR was born out of specific needs, for legal certainty, harmonization and greater simplicity of rules regarding the transfer of personal data from the EU to other parts of the world.
Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, just to name a few, are all U.S.-based, U.S.-based companies and represent a good chunk of web technology, at least mainstream technology.
The essential points of the GDPR arise right here on the topic of technological innovation.
And keeping in mind the new patterns of economic growth, it seeks to protect the personal data of EU citizens.
It is true that so many companies are unprepared for the May 2018 changes, but the main reason is that they are often unaware that they are collecting data, and in some cases, even though they knew about it, they never bothered to take advantage of it and notify those affected.
As far as we at Neikos Web Agency are concerned, we care about what happens in the web part.
This article is not intended to be exhaustive, but it contains some useful information to help you navigate the GDPR revolution as a user enters your website, consults it, contacts the company or purchases a product.
That is, what could happen to 90% of our clients.
Of course, it is not over because companies also collect and store data through different tools at different times.
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