GDPR

Who does GDPR apply to?

Who does GDPR apply to?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the most comprehensive and heavily enforced privacy laws in the world. GDPR was enacted to protect the privacy of European Union residents (data …

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GDPR fines and penalties to date

GDPR fines and penalties to date

Since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in April 2016, over 2,000 fines have been issued to businesses and organizations by supervisory bodies throughout the European Union. It is …

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What needs to be included in a Privacy Policy

What needs to be included in a Privacy Policy?

As consumers have become more interested in the privacy of their Personally Identifiable Information (PII) online, more countries and states have passed their own privacy laws. These privacy laws protect the PII …

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How GDPR penalties and fines can affect your business

How GDPR penalties and fines can affect your business

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) stipulates that national authorities within the European Union (E.U.) must assess certain GDPR penalties (including GDPR fines) for specific data protection violations by businesses/individuals. The processing …

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Legal basis for processing personal data under GDPR

The legal bases for processing personal data under GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is arguably one of the most comprehensive and heavily enforced privacy laws in the world. GDPR went into effect on May 25, 2018 and aims to …

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How contracts can be used to process data under GDPR

How contracts can be used to process data under GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides that data processing is generally not allowed. The only ways that data processing can lawfully take place are the circumstances enumerated in Article 6(1), commonly …

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What laws require websites to have a Privacy Policy?

What laws require websites to have a Privacy Policy?

Unless you are at Target, you want to make sure that you actually need what you are buying. As much as we’d like to sell our services to every website out there, …

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Do you need a data inventory

Data Inventory: why you may need one

“Inventory” is one of those words that just make most people want to take a nap. Don’t worry though, at least this isn’t one of those blog posts telling you to write …

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