The GDPR at a Glance
A better understanding of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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Introduction
The main concepts to understand the GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a European regulation applicable since May 25, 2018. It is aimed at strengthening ...
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The territorial scope of the new data protection regulation applicable from May 2018 (GDPR) is much wider than the one ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any person (including organisations) handling personal data is subject to a different level ...
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Under the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR), any data processing activities must be compliant with six privacy principles, which ...
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Data Protection by design and by default are principles defined in article 25 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the controllers must determine the legal basis for each purpose of data processing ...
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Data Controller
A glimpse of what a data controller should be aware of
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires organisations, processing personal data as controllers, to provide the data subjects (i.e. individuals ...
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Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), controllers (company or public authority using personal data for their purposes) are ...
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Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consent is one of the legal bases upon which controllers may rely ...
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Under the General Gata Protection Regulation (GDPR), controllers must: Keep a record of their processing activities (see here for more details); ...
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Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organisations processing personal data must maintain a record of their processing activities (ROPA) ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), controllers must notify: the competent authority of any personal data breach likely to ...
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Data Processor
Check out the data processor's new responsibilities
Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organisations processing personal data must maintain a record of their processing activities (ROPA) ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), processors (i.e. organisations processing personal data on behalf of a third party) is subject to new ...
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Individuals' rights
Overview and more detailed analysis of individuals' rights
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives data subjects rights over their own personal data, including the right of access ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have several rights over their personal data (i.e. right of access, right ...
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The right to data portability is the new individual’s right provided in article 20 (1) of the new data protection ...
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Data Protection Officer (DPO)
Requirements, appointment, role etc.
The designation of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is either mandatory or voluntary depending (i) on the kind of organisation, (ii) ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), when an organisation must or choose to appoint a Data Protection Officer (see ...
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When an organisation appoints a Data Protection Officer whether on a voluntarily basis or because its processing activities meet the ...
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Miscellaneous
For both controllers and processors
Following the hundreds of million fines imposed Amazon, Google and Facebook by the CNIL and other authorities relating to their ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal data transfer outside of the EEA (i.e. EU and Norway, Lichtenstein and ...
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), applicable since May 2018, gives the European Data Protection Authorities, since then called the ...
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organisations which carry out a « cross border data processing » must appoint ...
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