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How to use Standard Contractual Clauses
When you process personal data outside of the reach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), additional safeguards are required to ensure the same level of data protection as in Europe. One of the ways to do this, is by using a model contract approved by the European Commission: the so-called standard contractual clauses (SCCs)….
Jelle Hoekstra
Free Template Data Processing Agreement
A data processing agreement(DPA) is required under GDPR when one organisations shares its personal data with a supplier or business partner. We created a free template that contains all required elements for a basic data processing agreement.
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Privacy management with ISO 27701
Accountability is a central principle in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This data protection principle creates the obligation to be able to demonstrate compliance. Simply doing your best to comply isn’t enough, but ‘appropriate technical and organizational measures’ have to be taken. Some form a privacy management system has to be in place to demonstrate…
Jelle Hoekstra
Cookies: the yes, the no, and the maybe
They are impossible to escape these days: cookies. Sometimes accompanied by a impenetrable cookie wall, a large banner, a small information bar, or nothing at all. Cookies allow certain website features, traffic analysis, and marketing. What is and is not allowed is not always clear, which many websites use to their advantage. In this article…
Joost Krapels
Decision time: Brexit options for EU Institutions
The European Data Protection Supervisor, or EDPS for short, supervises the compliance of EU Institutions and bodies to the GDPR. For this reason, most of the EDPS’ publications are not that interesting for most private parties. Lately, however, the EDPS published a statement that, given the current chaos surrounding Brexit is an interesting and perhaps…
Joost Krapels