Click on the links below for step-by-step guidelines on how to export data from Facebook and Twitter.
Organisations and campaigners collect and process data for different purposes. Some data drives your decisions on what kind of projects the development of new and existing projects. Other data on the outputs and outcomes of existing projects can serve as feedback for other campaigns working towards social change. The data you work with might involve vulnerable populations and sensitive topics in their respective restrictive settings. It is your responsibility to maintain safe online spaces and to responsibly collect and process data.
In an age of information, more data is available than ever before. In order to help protect customers from having theirs used improperly, sanctions and regulations have been put into place. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information from individuals who live in the European Union (EU). Since the Regulation applies regardless of where websites are based, it must be heeded by all sites that attract European visitors, even if they do not specifically market goods or services to EU residents.