Delve into GDPR compliance essentials—from lawful processing and data subject rights to cross-border transfers and regulatory updates. Stay informed with practical guides and expert insights to enhance your EU-focused data privacy strategy.
Organizations operating in an international context need to appoint a DPO. But what does DPO mean? And how do they prevent cyberattacks? DPOs, internal or external, satisfy compliance obligations and streamline data security for better attack prevention, detection, and response.
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The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires certain organizations to designate a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to oversee compliance. The DPO plays a crucial role in ensuring an organization adheres to GDPR’s strict requirements regarding data privacy, security, and governance.
Many U.S.-based businesses underestimate the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect on May 25, 2018. Executives often assume that since their operations are based solely in the United States, this European Union (EU) law does not apply to them. While this is true in many cases, there are significant exceptions for businesses with digital operations that process or store the personal data of EU citizens.
The impending European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a sea-change in a company’s security strategies, transcending checkbox compliance programs.
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) exist to illustrate potential risks to GDPR data subjects’ privacy. They include information about data being collected, processes used, and risks involved. You may need to generate one if you work with the personal data of EU residents.
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TL;DR — The EU has a new set of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) that are required for data transfers concerning protected personal information. In 2023 and beyond, you’ll need to incorporate intra-EU or international SCCs to ensure your data transactions are compliant. (more…)
Safeguarding data privacy is essential to becoming and remaining compliant with the GDPR. Using a GDPR privacy policy checklist, you can keep track of the types of data that require protection. This checklist also streamlines GDPR compliance year-round. Read our blog to learn about the GDPR privacy policy requirements. (more…)
Data privacy safeguards are critical to protecting sensitive GDPR data from privacy and security threats. One of the safeguards specific to the EU GDPR is the standard contractual clause (SSC), which outlines essential protections for data processors and controllers to follow when handling protected types of information. Read on to learn more about how the SSC works. (more…)
If your organization conducts business with other businesses, you may be wondering: how does GDPR affect B2B sales? GDPR may apply to different processes along the marketing and sales pipeline, depending on the type of transactions you conduct. Read on to learn more about remaining compliant with the GDPR as you engage in business-to-business transactions. (more…)
Recent cyberattacks in the healthcare industry underscore the need for organizations to safeguard data privacy and sensitivity via HIPAA compliance. Likewise, privacy stipulations—such as those in the EU GDPR—can help businesses protect their customers’ data privacy. Read on for a comparison of GDPR vs HIPAA to learn about the differences and similarities between both frameworks. (more…)