What you learn
- The GDPR, UK GDPR, Swiss revFADP and CCPA/CPRA landscape in plain language
- Lawful basis, real consent, cookie banners done right and Global Privacy Control
- Privacy policy and imprint, data export and deletion rights, and when you need a DPA
Summary
Privacy law sounds terrifying and is mostly common sense written down. Collect only what you need, tell people what you collect and why, get real permission before you track them, and let them see and delete their data on request. GDPR, the UK GDPR, the Swiss revFADP and the US state laws all share that core. This lesson translates the landscape into a short list of things you actually build, with a plain-words note that none of it is legal advice - when in doubt, ask a lawyer.
What you will learn
You will learn the shared core of the major privacy laws, what "lawful basis" and "real consent" mean in practice, how to build a cookie banner that complies (including honouring Global Privacy Control), what your privacy policy and imprint must contain, how to handle data export and deletion requests, and the simple test for when you need a Data Processing Agreement.
Prerequisites
A product that collects any user data - an email signup, an account, analytics - from Course 3 or your own project, since compliance is about how you handle that data. No legal background needed. This lesson is practical guidance, not legal advice; for anything high-stakes, get a professional to review your specific situation.
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The problem
Most small builders do one of two wrong things. They either ignore privacy law entirely until a user or a regulator asks an uncomfortable question, or they freeze, convinced compliance needs a legal department they cannot afford. The truth sits in between: a solo founder can be genuinely compliant by following a handful of principles and shipping a few standard pages and a working consent banner. The cost of getting it wrong - fines, takedowns, lost trust - is far higher than the afternoon it takes to get it right.
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