Getting your website ready for GDPR

If you work in a large organisation, the chances are you've heard GDPR, or the General Data Protection Regulation, mentioned more than a few times since it was adopted by the EU last year. This new regulation goes further than existing privacy legislation because it covers any information relating to an identified or identifiable person – which includes information such as a somebody’s IP address. When GDPR comes into effect on 25 May 2018 you will also have new responsibilities when it comes to collecting people's data, processing that data, and what you tell people about the way you intend to use it. I’ll cover all three in this article.