On the 25th of May, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was passed, bringing into law a number of privacy and data protection regulations for those within the EU. Any business that operated within the EU had to immediately begin to respect the regulations laid out by this law.
Yet, even businesses outside of the EU are impacted, due to the fact that anyone that does business with someone within the EU area still must fall under these regulations. This meant that the vast majority of international companies, stretching from Asia and South America to North America and beyond, all had to start abiding by these laws.
While GDPR comes into play in many distinct ways, one of the most common that businesses will stumble across is from within their email accounts. The personal data that all emails hold, including names, attachments, email addresses, and even conversations, are all protected under the GDPR.
Considering that email users send, on average, 122 work emails per day, every single business needs to pay attention to these regulations and abide by them. In this article, we’ll dive into GDPR and liability, demonstrating how businesses are keeping themselves safe.
What Are the Core Areas of GDPR That Impact Email Security and Management?
The GDPR is an extensive document, covering a range of articles, all of which apply to distinct parts of communication. From this selection, there are only a handful that directly relate to email. Yet, considering that not abiding by these could lead to a fine of €20 million, it’s worth knowing exactly how your business should ..
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