This article covers a general checklist for the implementation and compliance of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under GDPR, personal data may be considered as being collected from the data subject, where: A data subject consciously provides personal data to a controller (e.g., when completing an online form) -or-
When negotiating a contract which involves personally identifiable information (PII) or other types of confidential data, it is essential to consider a multitude of privacy and data security controls. First, what is the collection, processing, sharing, retention, and destruction of data procedure; and how these procedures may be subject to federal, state, and/or international legal obligations. Second, how to reduce legal and regulatory risks surrounding the collection and generation of data, and accessing and sharing of data.
Over 59,000 data breach notifications have been reported across the European Economic Area by public and private organizations since the GDPR came into force on 25th May 2018. The Netherlands, Germany and the UK topped the table in the report with approximately 15,400, 12,600, and 10,600 reported breaches respectively. The
EuroCloud Europe will undertake to create a European database of data-breach-related DPA decisions and court judgments. This report will present the key findings and recommendations on data breach-related obligations in the EU/EEA as determined by a comparative survey conducted by the members of the EuroCloud Europe Cloud Privacy Check Network
EuroCloud Europe will establish a European database of case-studies describing sector specific joint-controllership relations, as well as controller-processor and processor-processor relations. This report will present the key findings on the joint controllership concept as a result of a comparative survey conducted by the members of the EuroCloud Europe Cloud Privacy
On July 5, 2018, the European Parliament issued a nonbinding resolution for European Commission to suspend the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield unless U.S. authorities can fully comply with the framework by September 1, 2018. The resolution states that the data transfer mechanism does not provide the adequate level of protection for personal
“The first month of GDPR has seen a sharp increase in the number of complaints to regulators across Europe, showing strong public interest in the new rules. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) told the Guardian it has seen a rise in breach notifications from organizations, as well as more data
Today, the European Union cements its status as the global leader in data privacy. The E.U.’s sweeping new data privacy law is taking effect, ushering in new restrictions on what companies can do with people’s personal data and setting tough penalties for those that break the rules. In theory, there’s nothing
May 25, 2018 is the day the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect in Europe with significant impact on Google. Google discussed its approach in a March 22, 2018 letter, which discussed here Under GDPR, a controller determines why and how data is processed, while processors do the