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Recitals of the GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is comprised of 173 Recitals and 99 Articles. Below you'll find a summary and brief explanation of each Recital of the GDPR. The Recitals are important because they provide additional details and insight into the purpose and functions of the Articles. *Please note that the Recital...

Articles of the GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is comprised of 99 Articles and 173 Recitals. Below you'll find a summary and brief explanation of each Article of the GDPR, organized by Chapter. We've strived to explain each Article in the most clear and simple way so you can get a basic understanding...

Privacy Policy for BigCommerce

BigCommerce is an eCommerce software company that produces shopping cart software - a program that you can integrate into your website to allow visitors to make purchases. By turning browsers into buyers, shopping cart software carries out a crucially important function on your website and also handles personal data on your...

Legal Issues with User Generated Content

User Generated Content is everywhere. It has become an integral part of what the internet is about. Platforms like YouTube, Wikipedia, and Facebook - whose entire purpose involves around hosting User Generated Content - have become the giants of the web. User Generated Content is a great way for your company...

Do You Need an EU Data Representative to Comply with the GDPR?

If your business is located outside of the European Union, GDPR compliance may seem like a murky and confusing process. Indeed, some of its stipulations are more than a little perplexing. One of these vague and much-debated conditions is set by Article 27, which states that certain businesses outside of...

GDPR and Transactional Emails

If you send transactional emails to your customers within the European Economic Area (EEA), the way you send these emails is regulated by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and another EUL law called the ePrivacy Directive. This article will explain how to navigate both laws when sending transactional emails...