{"id":18607,"date":"2018-03-22T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=18607"},"modified":"2018-04-26T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T00:00:46","slug":"what-is-gdpr-and-how-does-it-affect-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/22\/what-is-gdpr-and-how-does-it-affect-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"What is GDPR and How Does it Affect Authors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18614\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280-520x245.jpg 520w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280-720x340.jpg 720w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/regulation-3246979_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You may have heard of the new <strong>European Union law, GDPR<\/strong> (GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION), coming into effect May 25, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>If not, you do need to pay attention if you have (or want) an email list communicating with your readers.<\/p>\n<h2>WHAT IS GDPR?<\/h2>\n<p>If you do have a mailing list for readers, chances are you have readers who live in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union<\/a>. So you do need to pay attention to this data protection and privacy law. It will impact you.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>GDPR will have an impact on data protection requirements globally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalguardian.com\/blog\/what-gdpr-general-data-protection-regulation-understanding-and-complying-gdpr-data-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/digitalguardian.com\/blog\/what-gdpr-general-data-protection-regulation-understanding-and-complying-gdpr-data-protection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Essentially, this law impacts all writers if they have email newsletter lists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I asked my newsletter service provider, <a href=\"http:\/\/gr8.com\/pr\/3tu\/d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GetResponse<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">I was wondering what GETRESPONSE is doing for The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>To be in line with the new General Data Protection Regulation which shall\u00a0<\/strong><strong>come into effect on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_472637091\"><span class=\"aQJ\">May 25, 2018<\/span><\/span>, do I need to confirm an opt-in with my\u00a0<\/strong><strong>subscribers again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They replied:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Essentially what you must do to comply is: <strong>Proof<\/strong>.<strong> Provide\u00a0<\/strong><strong>trackable, recorded proof that everyone on your existing\u00a0<\/strong><strong>email list has opted in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">If you have this proof already, you do not need to do anything, if you do not &#8212; I recommend a\u00a0reconfirmation campaign that would collect the needed\u00a0details.<\/p>\n<h2>WHY IT MATTERS<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike the previous European Union law on data protection, this new law has teeth: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorwessing.com\/globaldatahub\/article-enforcement-sanctions-under-gdpr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial penalties.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;GDPR has increased penalties for non-compliance.&#8221;<br \/>\n(From <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalguardian.com\/blog\/what-gdpr-general-data-protection-regulation-understanding-and-complying-gdpr-data-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digitalguardian.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>NOW WHAT?<\/h3>\n<h2>STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO BE COMPLIANT OF THIS NEW LAW<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Make sure your email service provider is compliant. Feel free to email them the question I asked mine.<br \/>\n2. Don&#8217;t add people to your list without their permission.<br \/>\n3. Make it easy for people to unsubscribe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorwessing.com\/globaldatahub\/article-enforcement-sanctions-under-gdpr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.taylorwessing.com\/globaldatahub\/article-enforcement-sanctions-under-gdpr.html noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18625\" title=\"Enforcement and sanctions under the GDPR\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/social-media-3247658_1280-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Enforcement and sanctions under the GDPR\" width=\"200\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/social-media-3247658_1280-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/social-media-3247658_1280-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/social-media-3247658_1280-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/social-media-3247658_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>More on best practices to comply with this law:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergenceasia.com\/story\/best-practices-gdpr-compliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.convergenceasia.com\/story\/best-practices-gdpr-compliance<\/a>. Written for corporations, but may be useful to authors too.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t yet have an email list to connect with your readers, here&#8217;s a resource, on how <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/09\/unpublished-authors-can-promote-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Unpublished Authors Can Promote too!&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Updated: More resources on GDPR and Authors<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rickmulready.com\/suzanne-dibble-gdpr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast<\/a>: &#8220;GDPR: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW + HOW TO ENSURE YOU\u2019RE COMPLIANT&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.societyofauthors.org\/News\/News\/2017\/November\/GDPR-data-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article from Society of Authors<\/a>:&#8221;New laws on data protection \u2013 what do they mean for you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/europes-new-privacy-law-will-change-the-web-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article from Wired<\/a>: &#8220;EUROPE&#8217;S NEW PRIVACY LAW WILL CHANGE THE WEB, AND MORE&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorblberry.com\/2018\/03\/12\/what-gdpr-means-for-authors-and-bloggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article from author, B. L. Berry<\/a>: &#8220;WHAT GDPR MEANS FOR AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>More Book Marketing Resources from WFZ<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;How Authors Can Market And Promote Themselves Online by Victoria Greene&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/24\/authors-can-market-promote-online-victoria-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/24\/authors-can-market-promote-online-victoria-greene\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;Hiring a Virtual Assistant Part 2 by Chloe Adler&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/22\/hiring-a-va-part-2-by-chloe-adler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/22\/hiring-a-va-part-2-by-chloe-adler\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;The What, Why, How of Book Launches and Campaigns&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/02\/book-launches-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/02\/book-launches-campaigns\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BETH-BARANY_mg_6953_1824x2736_square_drop-shadow-300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17301\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BETH-BARANY_mg_6953_1824x2736_square_drop-shadow-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BETH-BARANY_mg_6953_1824x2736_square_drop-shadow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BETH-BARANY_mg_6953_1824x2736_square_drop-shadow-300x300-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BETH-BARANY_mg_6953_1824x2736_square_drop-shadow-300x300-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Hi! I&#8217;m Beth Barany,\u00a0an award-winning novelist, master neurolinguistic programming practitioner, and certified creativity coach for writers.<\/p>\n<p>Through my courses, programs, workshops and consultations, I specialize in helping writers experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers.<\/p>\n<p>All my courses are packed with useful hands-on information that you can implement right away. I run an online school for fiction writers\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and a 12-month group coaching program to help novelists get published\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. I also offer consultations for writers <a href=\"http:\/\/bethbarany.com\/clients.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get started with a free mini-course on your Writing Discovery <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/14\/free-writer-discovery-mini-course-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I do live workshops and presentations too.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact me if you&#8217;d like me to speak to your group.<\/a>\u00a0Many of my past events are listed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethbarany.com\/events.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard of the new European Union law, GDPR (GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION), coming into effect May 25, 2018. 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