The revised guidance, published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), contains changes in response to recommendations issued by an EU-wide data protection watchdog. In October, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) called on the ICO to update its DPIA guidance after finding the ICO had been too strict with some of its examples of when […]
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On November 6, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its own guidelines on data protection impact assessments (the “Guidelines”) and a list of processing operations that require a data protection impact assessment (“DPIA”). Source: CNIL Publishes DPIA Guidelines and List of Processing Operations Subject To DPIA
Under the European Data Protection Regulation, data protection impact assessments are required when data processing is “likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.” Exactly what “high risk” entails, however, has been a difficult question to answer. he supervisory authorities of 22 Member States submitted draft lists to […]
The opinion, issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), differs from guidance the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued on DPIAs. Businesses planning to process biometric, genetic or location data do not automatically have to carry out a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) first to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), […]
Essentially, Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is a tool that is proposed under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for doing a risk analysis of the threats that a processing activity in a business entails. If your business has sensitive or large scale data, then, DPIA becomes relevant to you ensure compliance with data protection principles […]
The guiding principles of the General Data Protection Regulation stimulate organizations to address the issue of compliance with an approach based on continuous risk assessment, dropping formal approaches adopted so far. The most appropriate response to support the profound changes required by the GDPR is the implementation of a privacy management model (PMS, or privacy […]
A DPIA consists of a procedure aimed at describing the treatment, assessing its necessity and proportionality, and facilitating the management of risks for the rights and freedoms of individuals deriving from the processing of their personal data (through the assessment of these risks and the definition of appropriate measures to address them). It is important […]
French data protection authority CNIl has updated its PIA software to make the privacy impact assessment more practical and to foster collaboration between stakeholders. The new features cover mainly the creation of the PIA report and on the tool’s workflow: it is now possible to filter the information to be shown in the report; the […]
Businesses that plan to carry out internal investigations into the conduct of their employees or agents are likely to need to carry out data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) first, DPIAs are now mandatory in certain circumstances under the GDPR. Source: Assess data protection impact before conducting internal investigations
The Belgian Privacy Commission (recently released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) on Data Protection Impact Assessment (“DPIA”) and the prior consultation requirements under Articles 35 and 36 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The Recommendation aims to provide guidance on the core elements and requirements of a DPIA, the different actors involved […]