IDG Contributor Network: Unlike the Staples Easy Button, there’s no GDPR Forget Button

Several years ago, the Staples Easy Button became a popular advertising gimmick for the office supplies company. Originally just a picture in Staples ads, people clamored for a real Easy Button, so the chain made more than 1.5 million plastic buttons that repeated, “That was easy” when you tapped it.It’s the kind of magic that company executives would like now to solve their GDPR challenge. Companies that weren’t doing a good job of data privacy protection before this new