April 23, 2019 — Lightning Talk

Heather will walk us through a basic overview of what the project is, what we’ve been working on, and what tools we’ve made.

And what is in the planning to help make WordPress Compliant with the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations).

April 17, 2019 — The web sites and apps we create, both for ourselves and for our clients, need to collect user analytics for a range of reasons ranging from workflow to user experience to security.

However, user tracking can cross the line from insightful anonymised data collection to intrusive personally identifiable monitoring. GDPR, Europe’s revamp of its data protection and privacy regime, becomes enforceable on 25 May – the day before WordCamp Belfast.

The incoming ePrivacy Directive revamp also renews rules on analytics. This double overhaul creates refreshed obligations for you to inform your site users about any counting, tracking, and monitoring you carry out on your web sites and apps, to provide users with options over your counting and tracking, and to ensure that your data collection respects your visitors privacy.

In our talk, we will help you to achieve a healthy balance between data collection and privacy which respects your business, your users, and your refreshed legal obligations.

Our talk will cover:
How to understand your audience so that you can understand their data
Why minimal data collection and retention makes sense from an ethical perspective
What user tracking is and is not permitted under GDPR as well as the ePrivacy Directive revamp
How to explain your use of analytics and tracking in your privacy notices
How to provide your visitors with an opt-out of analytics and tracking
How to collect analytics with the greatest respect for user privacy
How to ensure information is not personally identifiable to an individual (Deaggregation/anonymisation/pseudonymisation)
How to determine a data retention and deletion period
Dealing with third party tools: Google Analytics as our example
What other forms of tracking cross ethical and legal boundaries

April 11, 2019 — In WordPress 4.9.6 a lot of new privacy features were introduced into WordPress that made working towards GDPR compliance just that little bit easier. In this talk, I will walk you through how I integrated the WordPress privacy features into my plugin.

March 18, 2019 — With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in effect, what does this mean for your site? Is the GDPR law geographically limited? Sam brings his 20 years of cybersecurity experience to discuss how you can protect your client data, what to do in the event of a data breach, and how you can prevent one. We’ll answer your questions and more including how your plugin choices can affect GDPR compliance.

February 27, 2019 — A sort of 101 on what GDPR means for developers and site owners alike and how to approach certain aspects of it.

February 26, 2019 — A sort of 101 on what GDPR means for developers and site owners alike and how to approach certain aspects of it.

January 27, 2019 — Hablaremos de las medidas técnicas y organizativas que tenemos que aplicar a un sitio web creado con WordPress.

¿Qué hacer con WordPress para adaptarlo al RGPD?:

Hosting / alojamiento.
Seguridad y textos legales.
Exportación y borrado de datos personales.
Consentimiento expreso de los usuarios para almacenar sus datos en los comentarios.
Capas de información en formularios de contacto, comentarios y boletines.
Newsletters (Opt in, Opt in doble y Opt out).
Anonimizar las Ips en Google Analytics y activar su compatibilidad con Do Not Track.

January 10, 2019 — With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in effect, what does this mean for your site? Is the GDPR law geographically limited? Sam brings his 20 years of cybersecurity experience to discuss how you can protect your client data, what to do in the event of a data breach, and how you can prevent one. We’ll answer your questions and more including how your plugin choices can affect GDPR compliance.

Takeaways:

What is the General Data Protection Regulation?
Does it affect us in the US?
Learn how to become compliant.

January 5, 2019 — I will explain what GDPR is, how it will affect businesses and the steps to ensure evidence of compliance.

Presentation Slides »

December 14, 2018 — GDPR is fundamentally changing the way we do business online. With GDPR now in effect for nearly 4 months, what does this mean for your site? Is the GDPR law geographically limited? Sam brings his 20 years of cybersecurity experience to discuss how you can protect your client data, what to do in the event of a data breach, and how you can prevent one. We’ll answer your questions and more including how your plugin choices can affect GDPR compliance.