GDPR will undoubtedly have an effect on most businesses. I'm curious what the impact has been. Is it mostly financial? Have you had to make changes to the services you integrate with or create new technology to service users looking to view or manage their data?
Ask HN: How is GDPR affecting your business?
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#2Very little if any change. We were not doing anything creepy with users data and complied with the Data Protection Act of 1998. We updated our privacy policy with new wording.
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#3Right now, it's not. Management has decided that we're going to keep operating the way we have been as if the GDPR didn't exist, and hope nobody notices. Which isn't a surprise, this company is very reactive. Proactive planning doesn't happen.
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#4It has been 24 hours since GDPR came into effect. To be blunt, if anyone’s business has been affected dramatically, then their business is likely too brittle or unethical. If that’s the case, you should rethink your business model.
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#5Right now, it's not. Management has decided that we're going to keep operating the way we have been as if the GDPR didn't exist, and hope nobody notices. Which isn't a surprise, this company is very reactive. Proactive planning doesn't happen.
Out of curiosity, what industry is the company in, and are you in Europe (either physically, or do you have a significant European market)?
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#6Nothing, but we are strictly located in the U.S. and only sell products in local markets. I guess we could block non-U.S. access though.
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#7We where already subject to much stricter rules, so we honestly didn't have to do anything. We have started selling GDPR consulting, so it's only positive.
Both my colleagues and I have much stricter personal guidelines to data protecting than required by our employer, our chief security office and the GDPR, so it's not really an issue.
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#8Right now, it's not. Management has decided that we're going to keep operating the way we have been as if the GDPR didn't exist, and hope nobody notices. Which isn't a surprise, this company is very reactive. Proactive planning doesn't happen.
Out of curiosity, what industry is the company in, and are you in Europe (either physically, or do you have a significant European market)?
We're in fintech. And we're not in Europe, but we're about to start a big project targeted towards European users.
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#9I run a small consulting business.
It's been quite some effort but for my business so far it's been a net positive because it made me rethink, clarify and streamline my processes.
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#10I work for one of the biggest (non-tech) companies in the world, and in many countries we've been storing user data in spreadsheets all over the place and often without consent. So it's been pretty frantic.