GDPR

The GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation – is here. What should website owners do now?

Chris O'Brien May 25, 2018 0 Comments
The new GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation - which came into effect on 25th May this year and replaces the current Data Protection laws across the UK and Europe. It's important that all businesses are aware of what it means for your them, as the consequences of not complying with the new regulations could be severe, with, worse case, fines of up to 20 million Euros for larger companies....
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Customiser updates, code checking and GDPR features in WordPress 4.9.6

Jenny Howell May 18, 2018 0 Comments
WordPress 4.9.6 features a much improved Customiser workflow with design drafts, locking, scheduling, and preview links. What’s more, code syntax highlighting and error checking has arrived, and will make for a clean and smooth site building experience even easier. Finally, if all that wasn’t pretty great, WordPress has got a great new Gallery widget and improvements to theme browsing and...
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How website software updates are more important than ever with the introduction of GDPR

Chris Grant (he/him) May 08, 2018 0 Comments
Whatever software and plugins you use for your website, regular updates are needed to fix bugs, increase security, enhance and add features, and generally improve performance. If you don’t update your website software, you may have issues in areas of website performance such as page load speed and web browser compatibility, and your site will be at greatly increased risk of hacking. How you...
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GDPR and website contact forms – basic steps you need to take

Chris Grant (he/him) May 06, 2018 0 Comments
One of the key principles of GDPR is informed consent, and one of the main changes you'll probably need to make to your website ahead of the 25th May implementation date of GDPR is add storage and processing consent check-boxes to your website contact forms. Not just for marketing purposes It's important to note that this isn't just where you'll be collecting email addresses or other details to...
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What does GDPR and new European Privacy laws mean for your business

Jenny Howell April 30, 2018 0 Comments
What does GDPR mean? As of the 25th of May 2018, data protection laws are changing from the 1998 Data Protection Act to the new EU GDPR and there are several changes that the team at O’Brien Media have made that some website and business owners may not be aware they have to make too. The new regulation will focus more on documentation and procedures, changing how organisations approach data...
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