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GDPR compliance checklist

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Any company operating in the EU or handling EU residents’ data must adhere to GDPR requirements. However, GDPR compliance is not necessarily a straightforward matter.

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GDPR Article 17: What Is the Right to Erasure?

IT Governance

Article 17 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) plays a distinctive yet essential role in data protection law. Failure to fulfil this requirement is considered a serious breach and could be penalised under the GDPR’s upper tier of fines of €20 million (£17.5 What is the right to erasure? Can you charge a fee?

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UK GDPR Reform: government publishes response to consultation – likely to form basis of forthcoming UK Data Reform Bill

Data Protection Report

UK GDPR Reform: government publishes response to consultation – likely to form basis of forthcoming UK Data Reform Bill. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has finally published the UK government’s long-awaited response to the consultation on the future of the UK data protection regime. Reform of Article 22.

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes. Many businesses find it hard to implement GDPR requirements because the law is not only complex but also leaves a lot up to discretion.

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IRELAND: First GDPR fine issued in Ireland

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR in Ireland. In 2017, the DPC’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) investigated the governance of Tusla, examining the processing of personal data in child protection cases. Eilis McDonald & John Magee.

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Ireland / Europe: DPC’s record GDPR fine has implications for calculation of GDPR fines and regulatory expectations around transparency rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

This is the highest GDPR fine ever issued by the DPC, and the second highest by any EU regulator to date. The DPC issued two draft decisions in May 2020, which were subject to challenge and scrutiny by Concerned Supervisory Authorities in the months which followed, resulting in the GDPR dispute resolution procedure being initiated.

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GDPR Data Subject Access Requests: How to Respond

IT Governance

The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) grants data subjects the right to access their personal data. Subject access requests are not new, but the GDPR introduced several changes that make responding to them more challenging. what a DSAR is, and how to manage them in line with the GDPR’s requirements.

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