However, many real-life problems seemingly haven't even been considered by legislative bodies. In GDPR support forums questions like these have been routinely asked in recent months and there isn't always a clear, dependable answer:
- How will I be able to operate my small company website in the future in a legally compliant manner? Some companies even consider shutting down their websites completely and - of all things - only using a Facebook page in the future. Hence, ironically we might very will see GDPR actually benefitting companies like Facebook at the detriment of small companies that consequently won't have complete ownership of their content anymore.
- How exactly does a privacy policy have to be worded so I don't get sued on day 1?
- In which way will I still be able to store address data for contacting my existing customers?
- Will I still be able to use anti-spam and security plugins for my website? These tools might store users' IP addresses, which in some jurisdictions are considered personal data.
- Can I still load resources like Google Fonts from CDNs or do I now have to host those myself?
2) Any item that is not legal there will be just void in court. You cannot be sued about an invalid legal policy, but only after breaking the law. The policies do not subsume law.
About the only thing you need to publish is which data is collected, how it is processed (and by whom if outsourced), for how long (if applicable) and how to remove it.
3) Uh, as usual complying to the law for PII handling?
4) Yes, if they are GDPR compliant. Make sure to put them in you privacy policy.
5) Yes, if the source is GDPR compliant.