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Considering legal implications
From the course: Localization for Developers
Considering legal implications
- When releasing a product in another country, it's very important to understand what laws you and your product are going to be held to. In the end, the world is large, legislation changes all the time, and I'm not a legal expert. The point at this stage is to gather as much information as you can about how practical it's going to be to localize, and what the major obstacles and limitations are. The first question you should ask applies to almost all developers, and that's: Does the targeted country have any restrictions on data storage? In many countries, there's legislation about your responsibility in obtaining a user's consent to store any of their personal information, what information you can store, and how you can use it. Depending on the country, this covers everything from personally identifiable information, like names, addresses and birthdays, all the way down to information like gender, ethnic heritage, and in some countries, even their opinions, including political…
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Localization is more than translation5m 44s
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Internationalization is preparation4m 54s
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Defining locales6m 27s
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Timing internationalization and localization5m 55s
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Localization management5m 48s
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Researching localization targets6m 23s
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Considering legal implications5m 56s
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Working with specialists4m 50s
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