Supervisory authorities: consistency and Data Protection Authorities (DPAs)...
The meaning and role of the supervisory authority, data protection authority (DPA), lead supervisory authority (LSA), concerned supervisory authority and the consistency mechanism under the General...
View ArticleCompliance reality check: do we really know where sensitive data sits?
Knowing where data sits. It’s probably the biggest challenge of all businesses. In order to fully leverage the business asset which data is, you need to know where it sits. If you want your knowledge...
View ArticleEU data protection conference connects DPOs in Brussels on 15 June 2018
Data privacy and data protection sentiments are shifting as new legislation becomes applicable. There is a strong need for DPOs (Data Protection Officers) and other privacy experts. Moreover, DPOs want...
View ArticlePreparing an IoT project or IoT application? Check if you need a privacy...
With the ongoing growth of the IoT and ever more large-scale IoT projects come far more data. As tackled previously this deluge of IoT data has an impact on IT infrastructure and the shift towards the...
View ArticleInsurers want drivers in the vehicle data ownership seat, not car manufacturers
Connected cars and vehicles overall are among the main IoT use cases. The automotive industry invests in vehicle data while the insurance industry, which is among the fastest growing industries from an...
View ArticleThe dangerous GDPR compliance disconnect: between perception and reality
There is clearly a compliance disconnect regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): a gap between the degree in which executives think they are GDPR compliant (and will be by May 2018)...
View ArticleInside the French law requiring parental approval for children to join Facebook
France is about to pass legislation requiring parental approval for children under the age of 16 years who want to join Facebook and other social platforms (and thus share their personal data). What...
View ArticleGDPR Article 1 – Subject-matter and objectives
Article 1 of GDPR Chapter 1 states what the General Data Protection regulation is and specifies the fundamental rights with regards to personal data protection and the free movement of personal data....
View ArticleGDPR Article 2 – Material scope
Article 2 lays out the foundation of the types of personal data it applies to and the types/conditions of personal data processing when it isn’t applicable. Finally, Article 2 also stipulates some...
View ArticleGDPR Article 3 – Territorial scope
The territorial scope paragraphs in Article 3 introduce the extra-territorial applicability (it doesn’t matter where personal data processing of EU data subjects happens) and specifies 2 processing...
View ArticleGDPR Article 4 – Definitions
GDPR Article 4 defines GDPR terms such as personal data, processing, restriction of processing, profiling, pseudonymisation, filing system, controller, processor, recipient, third party, consent,...
View ArticleGDPR benefits: transformational benefits of changing data protection regulations
One of the less often mentioned aspects regarding changing data protection regulations, most notably but not solely the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), are their benefits in many areas we...
View ArticleThe evolutions in forensic data analytics and rise of new regulatory...
The Global Forensic Data Analytics Survey 2018 gauges the usage of forensic data analytics (FDA) for risk management and shows increasing concerns about regulatory compliance with data protection and...
View ArticleThe IAB Transparency and Consent Framework for GDPR and ePrivacy
IAB Europe has released the draft technical specifications of its IAB Transparency and Consent Framework. The online media and advertising ecosystem can check it out and submit feedback. An overview....
View ArticleWhen personal data of natural persons and of legal persons overlap
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) protects natural persons in the scope of the processing of their personal data and the free movement of such data within the EU. That seems simple enough....
View ArticleInformation governance: a deep dive with Robin Woolen
One of the crucial aspects of information management is information governance. Robin Woolen, also known as the name of his information governance consulting practice, The Records Guru®, is a globally...
View ArticleMicrosoft: our enterprise cloud services will be GDPR-compliant in time
Since end of 2016, early 2017, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fever is clearly going up. However, a quite amazing number of companies is not even close to GDPR compliance. It’s not just...
View ArticleGDPR readiness and compliance in the US, UK and Belgium
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a massive change in personal data protection and privacy. In combination with the ePrivacy Regulation it is changing the EU privacy and security...
View ArticleGDPR encryption: what you should know and what you do not know
The debates on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and encryption are not over yet. Although encryption only gets a few lines in the GDPR, is recommended and offers benefits in particular...
View ArticleData portability under the GDPR: the right to data portability explained
The right to data portability is one of the fundamental data subject rights in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). While several of these rights of the data subject regarding his/her...
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