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Poll: Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) started, has it ever been an issue with clients?
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Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
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Member (2009)
English to German
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No Jul 1, 2020

The GDPR serves both parties, so why should it be an issue?

expressisverbis
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 04:31
Italian to English
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No Jul 1, 2020

No problems, indeed the GDPR has brought me a lot of work!

Liena Vijupe
Christine Andersen
Jennifer Caisley
Angus Stewart
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 03:31
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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No Jul 1, 2020

After all the fuss surrounding GDPR, and all the work it brought about, it’s good to know it’s in force but I should say that its presence is almost unnoticed.

Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Christine Andersen
 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 04:31
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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Business as usual Jul 1, 2020

I have always taken security and data protection seriously, so clients' data is safe with me.

Probably I should delete some data about clients I have not heard from for years... but most obsolete material is cleared out every time I buy a new computer.

I did start working out a policy, but never found the time to formulate it officially in GDPR terminology. I had a furious discussion with my sister about my attitude a couple of years ago, but I still think that in pract... See more
I have always taken security and data protection seriously, so clients' data is safe with me.

Probably I should delete some data about clients I have not heard from for years... but most obsolete material is cleared out every time I buy a new computer.

I did start working out a policy, but never found the time to formulate it officially in GDPR terminology. I had a furious discussion with my sister about my attitude a couple of years ago, but I still think that in practice I comply with the rules!

GDPR has generated a fair amount of translation work for me too. ▲ Collapse
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 23:31
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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No Jul 2, 2020

And it has actually meant many good jobs. I lost count of how many Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies I have translated for European clients since it was amended.
 


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