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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. The law outlines a set of data privacy rights for users and a series of principles for the processing of personal data. Schools, hospitals and government agencies all fall under GDPR authority.

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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. Yet many organizations still struggle to meet compliance requirements, and EU data protection authorities do not hesitate to hand out penalties. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes.

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Why every organisation needs data protection impact assessments

IT Governance

DPIAs (data protection impact assessments) are a type of risk assessment that identify the risks affecting the security of personal data, and work out their likely effects. What is high-risk processing? or personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences; and. Making the DPIA process easier.

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Examples of data processing activities that require a DPIA

IT Governance

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to conduct a DPIA (data protection impact assessment) whenever processing is ‘likely to result in a high risk’ to the rights and freedoms of individuals. What does ‘high risk’ mean? Damage : the effects on the individual if a data breach or privacy violation occurs.

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CCPA In-Depth Series: Draft Attorney General Regulations on Verification, Children’s Privacy and Non-Discrimination

Data Matters

Today we look at verification, children’s privacy and the non-discrimination provisions. In the summer of 2018, the California Legislature drafted and passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in record time. DETAILED ANALYSIS ON VERIFICATION, CHILDREN’S PRIVACY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION. INTRO AND BACKGROUND.

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Appointing a data protection officer: A quick guide for schools and multi-academy trusts

IT Governance

Whatever the size and setting of your school, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) places high expectations on protecting the personal data of your data subjects, especially children. Sensitive personal data is a specific set of “special categories” that must be treated with extra security, such as genetic and biometric data.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

The new right to be forgotten will allow children to enjoy their childhood without having every personal event, achievement, failure, antic or prank that they posted online to be digitally recorded for ever more. Of course, as new rights like this are created, the Bill will ensure that they cannot be taken too far. change it substantially.

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