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Become GDPR Compliant: A Guide for WordPress Websites

Published 03.05.18
3rd May 2018
Last Updated 28.05.26
28th May 2026
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This guide will help you understand what actions are required to help ensure your WordPress website is GDPR compliant by May 25th 2018.

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Edit: This post was written in 2018, and the GDPR and privacy landscape has changed a lot since then. For more up-to-date information covering GDPR compliance and privacy related topics, we have the following posts:

Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) For WordPress
What Is IAB TCF v2.3 And Does Your Website Actually Need It?
What Is Google Consent Mode V2?
How To Effectively Manage Cookie Consent on WordPress and WooCommerce
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In May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming into force in the UK and EU. It has an important bearing on how personal and sensitive data is collected, processed and held by businesses operating online.

Your website most likely processes or collects data from your users. Whether from enquiry forms, payments, or through 3rd party integrations or tools.

Why We Created This Guide

Impact created the following guide, in order to provide website owners with a summary of what is required of them in relation to GDPR.

We want to help you ensure that your business website meets the requirements of GDPR, and that you’re ready for its introduction in May 2018. To make sure you are aware of the changes that this will involve, and the potential penalties for failing to comply with the new regulations.

What’s In The Guide?

The guide covers all of the following:

  • What is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)?
  • What’s deemed as personal data?
  • What’s deemed as sensitive data?
  • What do you as a business need to do to prepare?
  • The potential penalties for breaching GDPR
  • Benefits of making your website GDPR compliant
  • The role of your WordPress agency in GDPR compliance
  • GDPR for your WordPress website
  • WordPress website GDPR Audits
  • Updating your Privacy & Cookie policies
  • Implementing changes to your website to make it GDPR compliant
  • Conclusion
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“We created the guide to help marketing teams shed light on a potentially confusing subject. If their website collects data, the guide will help understand what is needed in the quest to meet compliance.”

Martin Coates

Download today, to learn how to get your WordPress website ready for GDPR, and fully compliant with the new regulations coming in May 2018.

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