{"id":5680,"date":"2018-04-30T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T23:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tripz.com\/vacation-rental-magazine\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2018-04-30T16:46:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T23:46:56","slug":"gdpr-information-for-vacation-rental-owners-free-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tripz.com\/vacation-rental-magazine\/hosts\/gdpr-information-for-vacation-rental-owners-free-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"GDPR Information For Vacation Rental Owners – Free Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"

As\u00a0a vacation rental owner or manager it always important to stay in tune with the latest rules and regulations at all levels. Tripz.com<\/a> hopes to continue to bring up to date information to the vacation rental community to ensure owners are in compliance and travelers receive the best possible guest experience. One such topic of compliance is GDPR which doesn’t effect all owners but it is important to understand what it covers and how it could potential impact you and your vacation rental business.<\/h3>\n

A free webinar \u201cPractical Recommendations for Vacation Rental Owners to Prepare for GDPR\u201d<\/strong> offering vacation rental home owners, rental agents and property managers of all sizes a practical guide and roadmap to applying the new EU data protection regulations, GDPR, to their business has been announced.<\/p>\n

GDPR<\/strong> \u2013 General Data Protection Regulation \u2013 the new EU data protection law comes into effect in less than a month\u2019s time, on 25th May. It applies to all businesses, big and small, that handle personal data in the EU – that could be the customer that is based in the EU, or a third party business i.e. a hotel or airline, that is located within the EU that you share the data with.<\/p>\n

The travel industry<\/strong> will be particularly affected due to the large volume of personal and sensitive data it handles about individuals such as name, date of birth, credit card details and passport details, and this data is often shared with third parties for booking purposes. It is also the industry that suffers the most cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n

Three quarters of people don\u2019t trust businesses – travel brands included – to do the right thing with their personal data such as email addresses, according to the ICO.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Malaga-based holiday rental portal, Spain-Holiday.com, is running a free online webinar about GDPR aimed at the holiday rental industry<\/a><\/strong>. The webinar \u201cPractical Recommendations for Vacation Rental Owners to Prepare for GDPR\u201d promises to help those in the holiday rental industry prepare for GDPR with a jargon-free roadmap to GDPR compliance, industry-relevant examples and recommendations, and free downloads and guides<\/strong> for attendees.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig businesses have the staff and resources to make their business GDPR-compliant but for the smaller business owner, tackling this can seem challenging, time-consuming and costly and that doesn\u2019t have to be the case,\u201d explains Nicola Erlich, Industry Analyst at Spain-Holiday.com, who will be presenting the webinar. \u201cIf you are looking for plain-speaking and practical industry-specific recommendations for the holiday rental industry that cut through the legal jargon, then this webinar is for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The webinar was originally available exclusively to Spain-Holiday.com homeowners and rental managers.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 Spain-Holiday.com has opened up the registration to the Tripz.com vacation rental community<\/a> and added more times and dates to attend one of the live webinar sessions.<\/p>\n

A Practical Roadmap to GDPR\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The live webinar sessions will take run online at various times on Thursday 10th May and Wednesday 16th May.<\/p>\n

The webinar will covers relevant topics such as:<\/p>\n