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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) is a regulation that requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens for data processing that occur within EU member states or is targeted to EU citizens.

You can find full text of GDPR below:

REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).

Avoid additional costs. Supervisory authorities can fine you for non-compliant data processing activities according to GDPR and legal disputes with data subjects are not cheap.

Protect yourself. Good data protection principles in your business can not only protect you from legal liability and disputes, but also protect you from personal data breach, hacking and leaks.

Build trust with clients. Data protection is important for each and every client in a modern world, so providing necessary safeguards regarding data processing and privacy will build additional trust with your clients.

Know your rights. Knowing what rights General Data Protection Regulation provides you as a data subject and a business is important for you to use these rights correctly and act accordingly.

The maximum fine one can get for non-compliance with the GDPR is up to €20 million or 4% of the annual global turnover, whichever is greater. In some cases, it will not stop with a financial penalty. The authorities may ask you to delete the personal data you hold or stop processing it.

The basic requirement is to collect and process the personal data of users fairly, securely and lawfully for a lawful purpose and disclose details about how you handle the data to users. Data must be collected for specific, explicit and lawful purposes and not further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes. The data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purpose for which it is processed. Organizations are obligated to allow users to exercise their rights over their data and notify them about data breaches within 72 hours with relevant information.

If you want to make sure that you are fully GDPR compliant, you need to take a privacy-first approach and keep the following checklist in mind:

– Be transparent about your data processing practices;
– Collect and use personal data fairly and lawfully;
– Get consent to collect data wherever relevant;
– Allow users to access, correct, and delete their data;
– Let users manage their data;
– Ensure technology meets regulatory compliance requirements;
– Keep personal data safe and secure;
– Have a privacy policy that is easy to find and read;
– Review third-party services and vendors and ensure they are GDPR-compliant.

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