The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be enforced starting May 25th, 2018. That’s only 10 weeks away! Are you still scrambling to become compliant? You’re not alone. According to a survey by Solix Technologies, 22 percent of companies were still unaware they had to comply with GDPR as recently as December. The general consensus is that half of all US companies that should be compliant with GDPR by May 25 will not be. Do you need to meet …

Companies in the US are finally starting to pay attention to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) news that’s been coming out of Europe lately, because compliance will be enforced starting May of 2018. That’s not a lot of time to get ready. What is this new regulation, why did it come about, and what does it mean exactly for companies in the U.S.? History behind GDPR What happened to make the EU stand up and say, “Hey, we need …

Online Tech has officially joined more than 1,100 organizations who are compliant with the new EU-US Privacy Shield law, the replacement for the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework. Developed by the Department of Commerce and the European Commission, Privacy Shield is the response to European concern about excessive government access to data and a lack of process for citizens to file privacy complaints. Privacy Shield allows for the transfer of data between the US and the European Union and implements seven …