Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the controllers must determine the legal basis for each purpose of data processing operations carried out under its responsibility (i.e. data processing carried out either by itself or by its processor). The different
Data Protection by Design and by Default
Data Protection by design and by default are principles defined in article 25 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data protection by design requires the controller to take technical and organisational measures to implement the data protection principles effectively and
The Privacy Principles
Under the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR), any data processing activities must be compliant with six privacy principles, which are the cornerstone of the european privacy regulation and most international privacy laws. The privacy principles are set out in
Controller or Processor?
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any person (including organisations) handling personal data is subject to a different level of obligations and responsibilities with regard to the personal data processing operations they carry out depending on whether they are acting as a processor, a controller or a joint controller.
Indeed, all their GDPR obligations and responsibilities stem from their role and may, as a result, differ greatly. In broad words, controllers bear most responsibilities while processors must only act under the instructions of the controller and therefore, bear much less responsibility on its shoulders.
Does GDPR apply to your business?
The territorial scope of the new data protection regulation applicable from May 2018 (GDPR) is much wider than the one of the current directive 95/46/CE. As a consequence, the new data protection rules may apply to any business whether or