Articles in category: GDPR - Page 1

What Activities Count as Processing Under the GDPR?

If you collect, store, share, or transmit someone's personal data in any way, chances are you're "processing" it under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is significant because...

How to Avoid GDPR Fines

The financial penalties for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be severe. In 2020 alone: GDPR penalties exceeded $191 million Data protection authorities around the EU received over 121,000...

Brazil's LGPD vs. the GDPR

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Brazil's General Data Protection Law (LGPD) set out how companies can lawfully process someone's personal data. Businesses have until August 1, 2021, to...

Overview of the GDPR Law

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the world's strictest privacy laws. The goal is to give individual's as much control as possible over what happens to...

GDPR Consent Versus PIPEDA Consent

Consent is at the heart of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It's also at the heart of Canada's major privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents...

Recitals of the GDPR

The EU's General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) contains 99 clauses known as Articles, and 173 Recitals. Although they're not strictly legally binding on their own, the Recitals are critical to...