The role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and what requirements needs to meet has now been partially clarified by the Italian privacy authority.
Businesses now have less than nine months to prepare for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which overhauls a data protection regime dating from 1995. The GDPR becomes effective across the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the UK, from 25 May 2018. It will also apply to a large number of businesses established outside of the...
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The Spanish data protection authority ('AEPD') announced, on 13 July 2017, that it had instituted a data protection officer ('DPO') certification scheme ('the Scheme') in collaboration with the National Accreditation Entity ('ENAC') in light of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) ('GDPR'). Under the Scheme, DPO...
Data security is being pushed to the top of the agenda by the new General Data Protection Regulation that comes into force next May, and that means a focus on issues that many organisations have neglected.