GDPR Guidance and How to Market Your Court Website

The COSCA/NACM Joint Technology Committee has recently released two new resource bulletins.  Details below…

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GDPR

The most recent publication released earlier this month is titled, GDPR for US Courts refers to the European Unions, General Data Protection Regulation.  The regulations went into effect in the EU in March 2018.  The abstract of paper states:

“In May of 2018, new data privacy and security regulations went into effect in the European Union. Overnight, it seems, GDPR-compliance has become “best practice” expectation well beyond the boundaries of the EU. If EU data privacy standards were applied to US courts, the sensitive nature of court data would warrant the most stringent protections. The EU’s legislation is a call-to-action and US courts should have at least a basic understanding of the legislation and a game plan for preparing for similar legislation in the US”

The full paper in PDF format can be downloaded here.

Marketing a Court Website

The second paper that the JTC released earlier this year addresses the need for courts to become pro-active in marketing their online information to the public.  The abstract of the paper states:

“As courts implement more public-facing technologies via the web, court managers must become more savvy in their efforts to help the public find and utilize them. Search marketing, including search engine optimization and search engine marketing, is a powerful and cost-effective communication tool. Giving attention to search marketing can help courts improve the administration of justice and better serve their communities.”

The full PDF paper can be downloaded here.