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What is GDPR Compliance For Bloggers? What Should You Do Next [Actions To Take]
Shailesh Shakya
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May 25, 2018; a data protection act came into compulsion called ‘GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation]’. I’m sure most of you have heard about it. But as a blogger, if you don’t know then, you must read this guide to understand what GDPR compliance for bloggers is?
By GDPR law, you have no right to collect the EU’s users information without their consent.
Let’s understand it in detail…
For example; let’s suppose you are a blogger or an online business owner. What your first concern is? I think you might want visitors to keep reading your blog articles. Or perhaps you want to convert your visitors into customers.
It is only possible if you could communicate with them via any mean. And email is one of the best ways to interact with your visitors/customers.
Bigger email list you have, more chances you could convert your users into customers.
If you build an email list on user’s consent, then you’re ok. There is nothing wrong. But if you don’t inform the user of the purpose why you are using their personal data, then they have right to be reported.
In short, GDPR restricts the use of personal data of a user without letting him know for what purpose their data has been collected.