July 2026 Converting an open-ended regulatory exposure into a predictable monthly cost Intro Compliance spending competes with every other line in a growing company's budget, and for US companies selling into Europe, the EU Data Representative ('EU Data Rep.') requirement under Article 27 GDPR can look like one more cost. Framed correctly, it is the opposite: one of the cheapest pieces of risk mitigation available, because the exposure it removes is large, quantifiable and gr

June 2026 'We're too small', 'we don't charge EU users', 'our vendor handles it': why these assumptions fail Intro Article 27 GDPR requires organisations without an EU establishment that offer goods or services to individuals in the EU, or monitor their behaviour, to appoint an EU Data Representative ('EU Data Rep.'). In our work with US companies, the obligation is rarely ignored deliberately. More often, it is missed because of a handful of persistent myths. Here are the fi

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