Presentation given at the Wordcamp Antwerp 2018 edition around the topic of GDPR within the WordPress landscape.

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2. Herman Maes
• Technical background (DBA + SAP ) and now
already 3 years at the dark side (online
marketing)
• Blogger since 2002 -> DAILYBITS.BE
• @DAILYBITS

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6. Protect your data - No
time to update
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13. Basic security is for losers2

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• Remove the Admin user
• Install a security plugin (my tip: Wordfence)
• Check your subdomains
• Never trust a plugin and always do your
homework

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18. Do you know what’s in
Google?
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inurl:uploads/gravity_forms filetype:pdf cv

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23. Optins are for losers4

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26. Commercial law?5

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Do you know what’s mandatory on all
commercial websites?
• Company address
• Contact details of company
• Company VAT number
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29. We just outsource everything6

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GDPR is making Europe as the
perfect walled garden for personal data

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34. Integrate all the things7

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36. 36Source: https://modernretail.com/woocommerce/integrations/pos/runit/

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Source: https://www.itmagination.com/en/booster/the-new-general-data-protection-regulation-
what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

38. Giving priority to
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MRGDPRD = Minimal Recommended GDPR Documentation
• Which sensitive types of PERSONAL data do we have?
• The data is stored/distributed using which integrations/tools?
• In which countries is our data?
• Who has access to our data?
• Privacy statement with all user rights and
privacy contact details
• What’s the emergency plan?
• Data Processing Agreements

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Source: https://www.conxion.be

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The CRM story

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48. Finally the end of
this talk
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