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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. This text includes the corrigendum published in the OJEU of 23 May 2018. The regulation is an essential step to strengthen individuals' fundamental ...
What information must be given to individuals whose data is collected? List of the type of information organisations must provide citizens with when collecting their data, this includes who is collecting it and why. Information on purposes for which data can be processed, volumes that can be collected, storage and transparency rules.
The GDPR applies to: a company established outside the EU and is offering goods/services (paid or for free) or is monitoring the behaviour of individuals in the EU. If your company is a small and medium-sized enterprise ('SME') that processes personal data as described above you have to comply with the GDPR. However, if processing personal data ...
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Data protection rules as a trust-enabler in the EU and beyond – taking stock. Overview of personal data protection, rules reform, data protection regulation and directive. Impact of the new data protection rules on EU citizens and organisations.
Data must be stored for the shortest time possible.That period should take into account the reasons why your company/organisation needs to process the data, as well as any legal obligations to keep the data for a fixed period of time (for example national labour, tax or anti-fraud laws requiring you to keep personal data about your employees for a defined period, product warranty duration, etc.).
As of May 2018, with the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation, there is one set of data protection rules for all companies operating in the EU, wherever they are based. Stronger rules on data protection mean. people have more control over their personal data. businesses benefit from a level playing field.
The GDPR is a flexible, protective and effective tool, as it showed during the coronavirus outbreak. The GDPR allowed for coronavirus tracing apps to be developed, all while respecting personal data protection as a fundamental right. In April 2020, the European Commission issued a toolbox and guidance for the use of technology and data in the ...
How the EU determines if a non-EU country has an adequate level of data protection. The European Commission has the power to determine, on the basis of article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 whether a country outside the EU offers an adequate level of data protection. The adoption of an adequacy decision involves: the adoption of the decision ...
According to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), contractual clauses ensuring appropriate data protection safeguards can be used as a ground for data transfers from the EU to third countries. This includes model contract clauses – so-called standard contractual clauses (SCCs) – that have been “pre-approved” by the European ...
Articles 1 and 2 and Recitals (1), (2), (14), (18) and (27) of the GDPR; 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).