The GDPR’s data privacy goals can be summarized in six personal data processing principles: Lawfulness, Fairness and Transparency; Purpose Limitation; Data Minimization; Accuracy; Integrity and ...

Data privacy and personal data breaches have been in the news a lot recently. Over the past few years, companies have been collecting and processing ever-increasing amounts of data about their ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) act will come into force in May 25, 2018. Organizations will need to review their ability to comply.

Overall, the guidance urges companies to consider core GDPR principles in processing personal data in the context of COVID-19, such as lawfulness, transparency, data minimization and accountability.

Under the GDPR, for personal data processing to be lawful the data controller needs a valid legal basis — which must be transparently communicated. So obfuscation is not a good compliance strategy.

But when accountants are deemed to be data controllers with respect to the client’s data, it’s important they understand their roles and responsibilities in communicating with clients. A common ...

In either instance, you need to identify all instances of PII data processing of EU citizens, whether internal or in cloud-based HR systems and ensure that this processing meets all GDPR requirements.

Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and ...