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Umbraco Forms has been a mainstay of the Umbraco ecosystem for many years. As a paid for add-on to Umbraco, Contour as it used to be called, was one of the first steps into proprietary, licensed software, for otherwise open source Umbraco HQ. For many years, Contour, and then Umbraco Forms was rather unloved. With no dedicated development team it, it got upgrades to stay secure and compliant, but it's feature set didn't really change. But recently with a dedicated team, led by long time Umbraco veteran and Head of DXP Andy Butland, Forms is now getting more love and…

Privacy is important to many consumers and new laws in Brazil, which follow those in Europe and California, mean that it is important for Marketers and Heads of Digital who target or trade in Brazil to ensure their digital platforms comply these new regulations.  After Umbraco released updates to the core CMS and Umbraco Forms it has been easier for marketers to maintain a compliant marketing platform. Brazil's Own Version of GDPR  Privacy protection for individuals and consumers has had a lot of much needed attention in recent years, first with the introduction of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)…

The California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA), is a landmark privacy for Californian citizens due to come into force in January 2020. Somewhat akin to the EU’s General Data Protection Legislation, the new Act will provides Californian citizens with: a right to be informed what types of data are being collected by an organisation and what it will be used for (a notice at collection);  the right to request a copy of the exact data collected about them in the last twelve months (a Request to Know - similar to a Subject Access Request); the right to request deletion of that…