Oy! Yet another privacy policy update?

You’ve probably gotten more than a few emails recently about privacy policy updates. Why? Because privacy policies are part of a system. A system of handling, managing, and guarding customer information. They’re a kind of “contract”—a pledge—you make to your customers about the care you’ll take with their personally identifiable information. When subscribers join our community, they have certain expectations about the privacy of their information. So did we. That’s what our privacy policies lay out, so there’s no misunderstanding. And like other aspects of business, systems and processes have to change when new rules and laws take effect — in this case, the new European data protection law called the General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR), which went into effect on May 25, 2018. Although the vast majority of our clients and subscribers are based in the United States—as are our servers—we need to be prepared for purchasers coming from the European Union, where data protection regulations are more stringent. This could affect your business, too. The kinds of changes the GDPR requires to…