Pagely has posted a comprehensive guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and WordPress. The GDPR covers both the European Union and Great Britain — which amounts to more than 500 million users.
The GDPR will affect web development not just by requiring site owners to be more transparent about their use of their users’ data. Developers also must adopt the “Privacy By Design Framework,” as digital law specialist Heather Burns points out at Smashing Magazine.