Comments on: Accountability Post #4 ~ To Reach that Goal ~ #amwriting #selfpublishing

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Mon, 21 May 2018 16:44:28 +0000

In reply to Diane Mannion. Hi, Heather. I'm glad I've been of some help, and yes it is all a bit of a pain. Can I suggest you listen to the GDPR episode of the mark Dawson podcast I blogged about recently. That was very informative as no, you should not be asking your email list for consent because under the current laws they should already have given consent to be on the list and if you don't have consent then you shouldn't be emailing them in the first place, even to ask them for consent. I hope that makes some sense. You need a Privacy Notice and I shall be emailing my list to inform them of mine and pointing them in the direction of the unsubscribe button etc etc. Anyway, I hope you get it all sorted out.

By: Diane Mannion

Diane Mannion — Mon, 21 May 2018 16:26:22 +0000

Thank you very much for the heads up about GDPR, Georgia. I didn’t even think it affected authors till I read this post so I’ve been busy trying to make everything GDPR compliant today and it’s been a real headache.
I’ve managed to put a privacy notice on my Heather Burnside website although it shows as a separate page rather than a footnote link (that’s a bit too complex for me). I’ve had my Diane Mannion website taken offline since I don’t do any client work these days and it’s so long since I used the software, I can’t get it to upload anything.
The mailing list is a bit of a concern as I believe we have to get permission even for those people already on the list, which means authors may lose a lot of the people on their mailing list if they don’t respond. MailChimp has been down all day so I’m still trying to sort that one. I’d much rather be writing any time than doing all this technical stuff. 🙁

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Sun, 20 May 2018 10:12:45 +0000

In reply to Andrew. Unfortunately, Andrew, I feel that GDPR is here to stay as we will still be trading with the lovely citizens of the EU, so as Linda says, hopefully it will be the kind of thing we only have to do once. Although there will of course be the ever increasing burden to contend with...

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Sun, 20 May 2018 10:09:47 +0000

In reply to anita. I totally understand what you mean, Anita. It does feel like a tough trail to follow sometimes, doesn't it? Fortunately we have that inbuilt resilience that makes us not want to completely give up :-D

By: Georgia Rose

Georgia Rose — Sun, 20 May 2018 10:07:18 +0000

In reply to Linda Huber. Let's indeed hope for that, Linda. This week has been a right pain.

By: Linda Huber

Linda Huber — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:36:00 +0000

GDPR has swallowed my week, too. But I’ll get there by Thursday, now I (sort of) know what I have to do. Or to be more accurate, what my son has to do, as he does the complicated website stuff. I suppose it’s the kind of thing you only have to do once… Let’s hope for more writing time next week.

By: anita

anita — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:32:00 +0000

I swear living is getting much harder. Everything is so fragile and can be damaged so easily, sometimes I want to retreat to my knitting and just stop trying.
Luckily, these moments don’t last long!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 20 May 2018 07:25:24 +0000

GDPR nice to see the U.K. government embrace european legislation so enthusiastically. One wonders post Brexit (if that ever happens) whether it (GDPR) will be heaved overboard in a gesture of independence or we build on it. Not sure which would be worse, wasted effort or ever increasing burden.