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New CIPP/E Practice Exam and more from the IAPP

IAPP Certification Director Doug Forman and Training Director Marla Berry went live on LinkedIn on October 14th 2020 to answer questions about IAPP Certifications & Training. It was a fantastic Q&A session and we have summarised some key points from the discussion below, including the announcement of a new CIPP/E practice exam coming in 2021!…

Countries with Adequacy decisions June 2020
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Adequacy Decisions under the GDPR

***Schrems II update*** In July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the Privacy Shield adequacy decision for the USA was invalid because of invasive US surveillance programs. You can read more about the background of the case, the decision and the implications here. Recommended further reading: Schrems II: What next…

list of gdpr lawful grounds for processing personal data
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GDPR Lawful Grounds for Processing

“Personal Data shall be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject”. ‘Lawfulness, fairness and transparency’ is one of the fundamental data processing principles in Article 5 of the GDPR This means that data controllers must have lawful grounds for processing personal data. They need to specify this in…