The GDPR Compliance Checklist

Complying with the GDPR can be terribly frustrating, as you have an incredible amount of information floating everywhere on the web.

Some of the pieces of content found online are fuzzy and don’t bring about the details you actually need to become compliant. A well-put together GDPR checklist is pure gold because it offers you an umbrella against the fines announced.

Although complying with GDPR does seem like a lot of work, organizing and structuring that workload, can considerably ease things up.

A Checklist is the first step in your journey to comply with the new set of regulations. After all, you need to start somewhere.

Can I have your consent?

The cornerstone of the GDPR is consent. You needed consent before GDPR, but it was so much simpler to obtain it. Now, in the context of the new regulations, obtaining consent is no longer a sure thing. GDPR clearly states that unless legitimate interest is involved, getting clients to say yes needs to be done in an explicit manner, using plain language, clearing up the reasons for which consent is requested. The user needs to know exactly what his/her personal data is going to be used for and by whom.

Having legitimate interest is not equal to having consent, as the data gained cannot be used for other purposes than those implied.

Once consent is heroically obtained you need to record and safeguard it, being also prepared to hand it over when requested as such. So far, so good, but in terms of complying with GDPR what does it mean exactly?

Well, in plain talk, you’ll need to pump some money or time into developing a new consent request design, forgetting all about those pre-ticked boxes, providing users with extensive info on your actions, updating your terms and conditions and no more hiding them in fine print. Agreed?

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