Nexcess, a leading provider of performance-optimized WordPress and Magento hosting, has warned hosting clients that they are rapidly running out of time to prepare for the implementation of new EU privacy regulations.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (PRWEB) March 06, 2018
Nexcess, a leading provider of performance-optimized WordPress and Magento hosting, has warned hosting clients that they are rapidly running out of time to prepare for the implementation of new EU privacy regulations. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, and will impact all hosting clients that collect or process the data of EU citizens.
Although businesses based in the US and other locations outside of the European Union are not typically bound by European legislation, the new framework applies to all organizations that do business in the EU. In the global marketplace of the web, that includes eCommerce merchants with EU customers, publishers with an EU-based audience, and application and service providers with EU users.
The penalties for breaching the GDPR are onerous and include fines of up to €20 million (around $25 million) or 4% of worldwide annual revenue. It is in the interest of hosting clients around the world to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the GDPR and to take steps to comply.
“We provide hosting for websites and eCommerce stores in the US and Europe, and we are concerned that some hosting clients may not realize that the GDPR affects them and how best to prepare for May 25th,” commented Chris Wells, President and CEO of Nexcess. "We would urge all online businesses that collect, even incidentally, personal data associated with users in the EU to familiarize themselves with the GDPR and what it requires of them.”
EU privacy regulations have long been stricter than those of other areas, but with the introduction of the GDPR, EU citizens gain more rights and those who collect and process identifying personal data from EU citizens gain more responsibilities.
The most important new responsibility for web hosting clients is that EU citizens must give consent before their data is collected. Consent must be actively given so opt-out interfaces should be changed to opt-in. EU citizens also have the right to access any personally identifiable data a company holds and to request the deletion of any such data. Businesses are expected to provide accessible interfaces for users to make requests for data access and deletion.
Furthermore, all businesses that handle identifiable data of EU citizens are required to inform customers of data breaches involving their personal data within 72 hours. Regulatory authorities in individual EU nations will be given powers to perform on-site audits and to warn, reprimand, and issue remediation instructions to businesses found to be non-compliant.
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About Nexcess
Nexcess is a Southfield, Michigan-based managed application hosting company founded in 2000, with data centers distributed throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. Nexcess offers a variety of managed application hosting services for Magento, WordPress, WooCommerce, ExpressionEngine, and OroCRM ranging from entry-level packages to custom clustered/complex hosting configurations, with an emphasis on achieving maximum performance for high-traffic sites. For more information, visit http://www.nexcess.net. Reported by PRWeb 8 hours ago.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (PRWEB) March 06, 2018
Nexcess, a leading provider of performance-optimized WordPress and Magento hosting, has warned hosting clients that they are rapidly running out of time to prepare for the implementation of new EU privacy regulations. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, and will impact all hosting clients that collect or process the data of EU citizens.
Although businesses based in the US and other locations outside of the European Union are not typically bound by European legislation, the new framework applies to all organizations that do business in the EU. In the global marketplace of the web, that includes eCommerce merchants with EU customers, publishers with an EU-based audience, and application and service providers with EU users.
The penalties for breaching the GDPR are onerous and include fines of up to €20 million (around $25 million) or 4% of worldwide annual revenue. It is in the interest of hosting clients around the world to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the GDPR and to take steps to comply.
“We provide hosting for websites and eCommerce stores in the US and Europe, and we are concerned that some hosting clients may not realize that the GDPR affects them and how best to prepare for May 25th,” commented Chris Wells, President and CEO of Nexcess. "We would urge all online businesses that collect, even incidentally, personal data associated with users in the EU to familiarize themselves with the GDPR and what it requires of them.”
EU privacy regulations have long been stricter than those of other areas, but with the introduction of the GDPR, EU citizens gain more rights and those who collect and process identifying personal data from EU citizens gain more responsibilities.
The most important new responsibility for web hosting clients is that EU citizens must give consent before their data is collected. Consent must be actively given so opt-out interfaces should be changed to opt-in. EU citizens also have the right to access any personally identifiable data a company holds and to request the deletion of any such data. Businesses are expected to provide accessible interfaces for users to make requests for data access and deletion.
Furthermore, all businesses that handle identifiable data of EU citizens are required to inform customers of data breaches involving their personal data within 72 hours. Regulatory authorities in individual EU nations will be given powers to perform on-site audits and to warn, reprimand, and issue remediation instructions to businesses found to be non-compliant.
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About Nexcess
Nexcess is a Southfield, Michigan-based managed application hosting company founded in 2000, with data centers distributed throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. Nexcess offers a variety of managed application hosting services for Magento, WordPress, WooCommerce, ExpressionEngine, and OroCRM ranging from entry-level packages to custom clustered/complex hosting configurations, with an emphasis on achieving maximum performance for high-traffic sites. For more information, visit http://www.nexcess.net. Reported by PRWeb 8 hours ago.
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