What are ‘controllers’ and ‘processors’? With this short and simple article, we will try to explain the basics of controllers and processors. Controllers are the main decision-makers – they exercise overall control over the purposes
As we see every day, most companies and organisations still keep their Records of Processing Activities in spreadsheets. Through our experience, we have seen a lot of different formats and approaches. Often such spreadsheets don’t
In the light of the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice, website owners have to bear in mind their data protection responsibilities when using plugins on their websites. This case concerns the German
A year after GDPR came into force, the Lithuanian Data Protection Authority (VDAI) has issued its first administrative fine. UAB ‘Mister Tango’, a company that provides financial operation services globally, was fined 61,500 EUR in respect of
An article was published recently in the Helsingin Salomat about the Finnish Data Protection Authority who had ordered a payment and financing solution company to correct its data processing practises. The Finnish DPA started an investigation
In light of the latest survey conducted by the CPO Magazine, we are looking into the role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO). In this article, you will find answers to questions like who is a
Just recently, a report was published based on a survey of 252 global privacy professionals working for a wide range of organizations across 14 different industries. It came out from the report that only 1
There are two separate EU level regulations to follow when processing personal data for direct marketing in B2B and B2C activities. Privacy and Electronic Communication Directive 2002/58 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local adaptation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has introduced a new obligation, which requires companies and organizations to carry out data protection impact assessments if the personal data that the company processes is likely to result in
Nowadays almost every business sector integrates digital technologies. IT infrastructure and practice, if not updated regularly, ages and becomes weaker. Therefore, because of the amount and the category of information it holds, companies become targets for
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