How the European GDPR affects your business presence online

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), known as Regulation (EU) 2016/679, is “a regulation by which the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission intend to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union.” This regulation has been there since April 2016, with the intention for it to become enforced starting 25th May 2018. Its tentacles are far reaching for your business presence online, including changes in the way entities like Facebook and Google will want to do business with you. The good news is, as a small business owner and as of March 13th (date this article was written), there is still time to comply. The bad news is, no matter how much we think the regulation doesn’t apply …