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Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consent is one of the legal bases upon which controllers may rely to process personal data.
The GDPR defines a valid consent as a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indications of the individual’s wishes and restrictions apply to online services provided to children.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), processors (i.e. organisations processing personal data on behalf of a third party) is subject to new obligations. Indeed, before the GDPR, processors were only contractually liable to the controller on behalf of which they processed personal
Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), controllers (company or public authority using personal data for their purposes) are subject to new and/or more specific obligations than under the previous legislation (i.e. directive 95/46/EC).
Data controllers’ obligations under the GDPR are set out below.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires organisations, processing personal data as controllers, to provide the individuals concerned with a privacy notice. This document must explain to the individuals how their personal information is processed.
Although it was already a requirement under the former legislation, the GDPR requires controllers to provide more detailed privacy notice whose content may differ slightly depending on whether or not the personal data have been collected directly from the individuals.
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 not it is located within the EU if certain conditions are met.
Below a questionnaire/guidance that should help consider whether or not the GDPR applies to a specific activity. However, given the complexity of some definitions, a detailed analysis of the activities might be necessary to answer accurately some of the questions.