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Ask HN: What Compliances to Take Care of When Building a SaaS Product?

9 pointsby formatkakaabout 6 years ago
Hello ,<p>Looking at the resolutions passed in the last year, and reading many of HN threads, it seems that governments all across are going to start implementing such laws.<p>Some of the laws include GDPR by EU, Assistance and Access Bill by Australia etc. Most laws being passed to stop the misuse of user data.<p>My questions are :<p>1. Is there a resource where we can access all such compliance&#x27;s. Whatever info I have currently is based on HN&#x2F;Reddit or some newsletters.<p>2. Assuming many such laws are going to come up, what steps should we take right now to avoid extreme situations (such as being forced to stop service in a specific country) because we are not able to comply with their policies&#x2F;requirements.<p>P.S. - I work with a startup, so hiring lawyers is not an option right now.

5 comments

Mave83about 6 years ago
Target markets you have insights and don&#x27;t care about the other. When you grow in your home market, you can pay employees or lawyers and then expand.
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richardk3000about 6 years ago
Btw are you from Belgium? There&#x27;s a Flemish joke in your user name.
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richardk3000about 6 years ago
I&#x27;m working on a startup, GDPRvalet.io, currently in the phase of testing my assumptions.<p>Target audience is startup&#x2F;scale-ups who need to comply with GDPR but don&#x27;t have the money to hire lawyers (spoiler alert: in most cases you don&#x27;t need any, certainly not in this phase of your company).<p>I&#x27;d like to ask you some questions to test my assumptions.<p>As a return favour I&#x27;d be happy to answer any questions about the practical implications of GDPR for your company – I&#x27;ve been working as a GDPR consultant for about 10 clients since 2017.
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takinolaabout 6 years ago
Solve the problems you have not the problems you <i>may</i> have. If you are dealing with a specific industry or region, then your compliance needs should be obvious (EU - GDPR, Healthcare in US - HIPAA, etc). Of course, take all reasonable and appropriate precautions to secure and protect your customers&#x27; and users&#x27; data. As your business grows and evolves, you may find more compliance requirements but you probably don&#x27;t need to deal with them until you hit those stages
wprapidoabout 6 years ago
GDPR is all you need at an early stage.