Is Hostgator GDPR Compliant?
A common question I see being asked is, is Hostgator GDPR Compliant?
In this video, I'm going to answer that very question along with going in-depth on what
GDPR is and how Hostgator handles your personal information with regards to the GDPR Data
Privacy Protection Law.
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So is Hostgator GDPR Compliant or not?
Hostgator is, in fact, GDPR Compliant.
Hostgator became GDPR Compliant on May 25, 2018.
In order for Hostgator to become GDPR Compliant, it entailed them to do a bunch of work "behind
the scenes," such as reviewing and updating their agreements, privacy policies, internal
processes, features and templates to make sure everything was GDPR Compliant.
What is the GDPR?
GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation that will start being enforced
on May 25, 2018.
The GDPR was passed by the European Parliament to create a safer place on the web.
The GDPR is a data privacy law across the states of the European Union or otherwise
known as the (EU).
The purpose of the GDPR is to provide the EU residents rights over their personal data
and how it is processed or used.
What is Considered Personal Data?
The GDPR defines personal data as, information relating to a person that can be identified,
directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a persons name, identification
number, location data, or online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the
genetic, mental, economic, cultural, physiological, physical or social identity of that identifiable
person.
The GDPR notes in their privacy law that online identifiers can constitute personal data which
are provided by the following: Devices
Applications Tools
Protocols known as IP ( Internet Protocol) addresses
Cookie identifiers and similar web tracking technologies such as Google Analytics, etc
Radio Frequency Identification known as (RFID) tags
How does this affect you?
Any individuals, companies or business that provide services to residents located in the
EU need to comply with the data privacy law.
If you collect personal data in the form of collection, processing, storage or transmittal
of the following data, you need to comply with the GDPR by May 25, 2018.
If you are an EU resident, the GDPR law will apply to your personal data that is in your
Hostgator account.
If you want to learn more about what Hostgator collects and how Hostgator handles your personal
data you can click here to review their Privacy Policy that explains everything they collect.
Hostgator uses examples of how your personal data might be used with them as well which
is helpful.
What rights does the GDPR provide to EU residents?
If you are an EU resident you have rights on how your personal data is handled under
the GDPR.
Here are those rights with respect to Hostgator:
You have the right of access Hostgator makes it easy to get access to your
personal data information.
If you or your customer is curious you can ask Hostgator what personal data is used,
why it is used and where the personal data information is used.
Your right to rectification Hostgator makes it easy for you or your customer
to correct, revise or remove any data that is stored by Hostgator.
You can find the steps to do so outlined in their Privacy Policy.
Your right to be forgotten Hostgator permantly deletes your Hostgator
account information when you cancel services with them.
Your right to restrict processing If at anytime you, or your customer, beieve
your personal information in regards to data is inaccurate or has been collected in an
unlawful manner, you can request limited use of your personal data with Hostgator.
Your right of portability Hostgator makes it easy to move your Hostgator
account data over to a third party at any time you would like.
You have the right to object If you, or your customer, decides for some
reason that you no longer want to allow your data to be included with Hostgator's analytics
or for Hostgator to provide personalized marketing content, you can contact Hostgator at any
time to request removal of this data.
Hostgator provides the necessary procedures so that they can comply with requests that
you might have, and support you in completing any GDPR requests that come from your customers.
EU Consumer of Hostgator Services?
Most of the time, Hostgator is the controller in relation to your personal data that you
provide to them as a customer.
Starting May 25, 2018, Hostgator will no longer publish the personal data information in regards
to domain info in the WHOIS directory for EU residents.
Hostgator does this so that their WHOIS output is compliant with the GDPR law.
Access to personal data in regards to domain name registrants could be granted when access
is necessary for technical reasons like transfers, or for law enforcement when it's legally entitled
to receive such access.
Business owner that has EU customer data?
In some instances, you might be acting as the controller of data information.
An example of this is when you are collecting information from either your contacts or email
subscribers and that is uploaded or transferred into your Hostgator account.
You'll have some additional obligations to comply with the GDPR.
Make sure you properly understand what you need to do to comply in this instance.
Hostgator's terms of service requires you to obtain and process personal data lawfully
and in a proper manner.
Make sure you are doing this so you are compliant with the GDPR.
I hope you found this video on is Hostgator GDPR Compliant or Not helpful.
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