A Few Thoughts on Facebook, Data Protection and CRM Perhaps you’ve been in the camp of believing that the tech industry’s heightened focus on data privacy and GDPR is a little overblown? If so, I understand. At times, GDPR compliance has seemed like a major... GDPR, consent, and implementing double opt-in (DOI) in Sugar Sugar Summer '18 introduced confirmation links to allow customers to gather affirmative consent for using email addresses in campaigns. Check out Sugar Summer '18 (8.1.0) Overview for Sugar Developers for more details... Coming Soon: Innovation from SugarCRM to Address Data Protection and GDPR Compliance Personal data is valuable, and it’s easier than ever to obtain. Since the onset of the digital revolution, consumers have made it very easy for companies to sweep up a great detail of data about themselves and t... Understanding GDPR Requirements for Marketing Communications Let’s start this post with some good news: GDPR won’t be the end of data-driven marketing. In fact, it may help companies be more effective because they’ll more often be working with people that have... GDPR 101: The key terms you need to know The entire piece of GDPR legislation is more than 250 pages long and is probably most appropriate of your legal team. However, even shortened and “dumbed-down” GDPR guides contain many terms that you need ... GDPR: Does it Apply to Me? If you have followed the tech headlines (or regularly read this blog) you are aware the GDPR is coming. If not, here is a quick refresher: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) creates drastic and broa... Why SugarCRM developers should care about Data Privacy and GDPR Please don’t hate me. It’s not really my fault. I am sorry to say that every single Sugar developer needs to care about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data privacy in general. It is a si...