GDPR

Privacy, lawful basis, DPIAs, and operational GDPR practice for SaaS teams.

Adding AI to your app? Add these three disclosures to your privacy policy.

Adding AI to your app? Add these three disclosures to your privacy policy.

Calling an LLM API adds three things to what GDPR Article 13 makes you disclose: the model vendor becomes a recipient o…

19 Aug 2026

Enterprise buyers read your privacy policy before they read your pricing

Enterprise buyers read your privacy policy before they read your pricing

Enterprise buyers are legally required to vet you: GDPR Article 28 lets a controller use only processors providing suff…

18 Aug 2026

Remove "we may" or "possible" from your privacy policy. EU regulators call for plain language.

Remove "we may" or "possible" from your privacy policy. EU regulators call for plain language.

Search your own privacy policy for "we may". I did it to 336 published policies from Product Hunt launches and 231 of t…

18 Aug 2026

Only 45% of Product Hunt privacy policies name a legal basis Product Hunt series

Only 45% of Product Hunt privacy policies name a legal basis

I scanned 458 products that launched on Product Hunt over 30 days in July and August 2026. 397 published a readable pri…

11 Aug 2026

Only 17% of Product Hunt launches ask when they set tracking cookies Product Hunt series

Only 17% of Product Hunt launches ask when they set tracking cookies

I scanned 458 products that launched on Product Hunt over 30 days in July and August 2026, loading each site from an EU…

11 Aug 2026

Two days from launch with no privacy policy. Twelve facts have to be true.

Two days from launch with no privacy policy. Twelve facts have to be true.

Before you publish a Privacy Policy, GDPR Article 13 requires twelve items. Two are close to boilerplate and one is you…

6 Aug 2026

Article 33 asks four things. The EDPB's new breach template asks 100.

Article 33 asks four things. The EDPB's new breach template asks 100.

The EDPB's draft template for personal data breach notification, which went out for comment until 5 August 2026, turns…

3 Aug 2026

Scraping the whole internet is the easy case. Your small, targeted scrape is not.

Scraping the whole internet is the easy case. Your small, targeted scrape is not.

The EDPB's draft Guidelines 03/2026 cover web scraping for generative AI, and they reach the team that re-uses someone…

3 Aug 2026

Your Privacy Policy says "anonymised". The EDPB just asked: for whom?

Your Privacy Policy says "anonymised". The EDPB just asked: for whom?

The EDPB's draft Guidelines 02/2026, out for consultation until 30 October 2026, treat anonymity as relative: the same…

31 Jul 2026