How Magento store owners prepare for GRPR effects
What is GDPR? GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation that aimed at improving personal data protection for European citizens and it has replaced previous regulations implemented over two decades ago. Although the regulations are based in Europe, it means that any businesses, from any regions, have been working with Europe customers will also be affected and need to change. Magento themselves have stated that you should probably remain GDPR compliant, even if your store isn’t based in the EU. How GDPR affects your Magento store? The fines on non-compliance might be up to €20 million, or 4% of your prior year’s worldwide annual revenue. So, here are some things you should pay attention: IP tracking and checking: It is the process of taking a visitor’s IP address and that IP address will be used to motivate other actions. It will relate to a visitor’s location, currency, or geographic preferences. When you want to set some rules for specific customers, change SKU o