What does the GDPR mean for e-commerce businesses? A study of GDPR and its effect on swedish e-commerce businesses

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine which adaptions Swedish e-commerce businesses have done to prepare for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Using a qualitative method this study investigates how these companies have prepared themselves and what they have done to get their digital platforms such as websites, email and social media in order to be GDPR proof. The method which is used is semi structured interviews. The result of the study shows that the companies have been missing concrete guidelines on how the adaptions should be done from the Swedish government. The majority of the adaptions are therefor built on the businesses own adaptions of the new regulation. The conclusion reached in this thesis is that it has been hard for the companies to convert the law’s requirements into practical technical solutions