In the past decade, digital marketing has evolved rapidly. Prospective customers could easily be reached using email newsletters. Personal data became a currency: businesses offer free services like email, entertainment, news, and search facilities, and in return, they collect data and sell advertising. Today various tracking mechanisms make it possible to predict what products and […]
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Nov
Nov
Deleting social media and your data history – why do it? More and more people are deleting social media and for good reason. With a total of 1.8 billion active users, Facebook and YouTube are by far the largest social media platforms. Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat and LinkedIn – in that order[1] – trail behind them at […]
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Nov
Nov
The main objective of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to protect the rights and freedoms of the citizen, in particular, the fundamental right to the protection of personal data. Recitals 1 and 2 refer to this, and a complete chapter of the GDPR is devoted to ‘the rights of the data subject’. […]
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Sep
Sep
One of the most striking additions introduced in the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the far stronger emphasis on the rights of the data subject. There is a complete chapter in the GDPR containing 11 articles devoted to it. In this article, we will discuss one of these rights – the right to […]
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Aug
Aug
Checklist for Compliance The GDPR (General Data Compliance Regulation) applies to any business or organization within the EU that processes personal data and to any organization worldwide that processes data about an identifiable natural person in the EU. More specifically, this means: Any operation on any data that: Is or could be linked to a […]
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Jul
Jul
As a controller, you have a legal duty to comply with the GDPR – as defined in GDPR article 4 sub (7). This includes the associated responsibilities and the liability ’to meet the requirements of the GDPR and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject’. So, how are your preparations to be […]
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Jul
Jul
The importance of Data (and Data Protection) to your Company All companies have data, such as personnel files, customer data, product information, financial transactions, etc. Decisions management makes are based on this data as are the work processes followed by employees to deliver quality products and services. In fact, data is one of the most […]
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Jun
Jun
The primary role of the data protection officer (DPO) is to ensure that their organization processes the personal data of its staff, customers, providers or any other individuals in compliance with the applicable data protection rules. EU bodies and institutions have already had to conform to this requirement for quite some time. Now that the […]
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Jun
Jun
And why you need to know about it in 2018. On May 25th 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became applicable law in the European Union (EU)[1]. This has an impact on organizations worldwide which do business with and/or collect data about individuals who live in the EU. The regulation intends to better protect […]
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May
May
Is anyone in your organization providing services or products to people in the European Union 1? Are you monitoring the behavior (including online activity) of people in the EU? Or are you collecting personal data on living, identifiable people in the EU? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘Yes’, then the General […]