GDPR Compliance for Businesses Made Easy
In order to ensure compliance with the requirements of GDPR, we will analyze your company's business processes, the scope of used personal data, IT systems in place, and prepare the most suitable proposal.
We will analyze your company's personal data processing processes compliance with GDPR requirements and prepare all mandatory documentation.
What will I get?
Analysis of personal data flows and preparation of an audit report
Establishment of a register of records of data processing activities
Rules for the processing of personal data and preparation of internal procedures
Answers to data subjects requests
Privacy policy and Cookie Policy
General findings and recommendations on compliance with BDAR requirements
Why is it important to be GDPR compliant?
GDPR was enforced on May 25, 2018, and currently it is considered one of the strongest privacy and personal data security laws established in the world.
All organizations and corporations that collect, process, and store data of individuals living in the EU are mandated to comply with GDPR regardless of whether they are based in Europe or not.
Companies and organizations had to change their data processing processes in order to comply with the GDPR requirements.
GDPR has two distinct levels of fines – lower tier and upper tier that are categorized based on the severity of the infringement. The less serious violations entail GDPR fines amounting up to €10M or 2% of the firm’s annual revenue from the previous year while more severe infringements could result in a €20M fine or 20 % of the firm’s annual revenue from the previous year. Whichever is the highest will be the GDPR fine charged to the non-compliant party.
The main GDPR requirements
The goal of this European privacy law is to standardize the data privacy laws among the member countries of the EU and set legal, technical and organizational measures in order to protect personal data against unlawful or accidental processing of personal data. This includes gathering the consents of data subjects, informing them why the information is collected and how it is used, and storing the data securely (i.e. protection against breaches). The interest of GDPR is to provide individuals with more access and control over their personal data. Data subjects must always have control over their data, even after the company has been granted the right to use it.
Public authorities and companies that process large amounts of data must hire a Data Protection Officer (DPO).
Any company involved in the management of high-risk data, such as the processing of special categories of personal data (such as biometric or genetic data), must carry out a data protection impact assessment (DPIA).
Unfortunately, there is no single recipe for how to implement BDAR requirements quickly and easily, as the process is very different in each company.
Our experts will help you figure out where to start and how not to get lost in the abundance of requirements.
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Storage Limitation
Storage limitation aims to prevent businesses and organizations from keeping and storing your data for more than a reasonable amount of time.
Integrity and Confidentiality
GDPR requires businesses and organizations to implement technical and organizational procedures to prevent any form of data breaches and malicious attacks.
The data protection of GDPR is governed by seven major principles
Principles of GDPR
Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency
Data processing must be lawful and the collected data must be used only for reasonable purposes. Transparency requires corporations and organizations to disclose to their clients the purpose and procedures of data collection and management.
Purpose Limitation
Purpose limitation of GDPR mandates that every organization or business must clearly state the specific reason (s) or purpose (s) for collecting and processing data.
Data Minimization
Data minimization requires businesses and organizations to only collect the needed information that will help them achieve their purposes.
Accuracy
GDPR requires organizations to regularly update the personal data they hold and store.
Accountability
Accountability obliges organizations to substantiate their compliance to the first six principles through elaborate documentation of the strategies implemented by the organization.
Storage Limitation
Storage limitation aims to prevent businesses and organizations from keeping and storing your data for more than a reasonable amount of time.
Integrity and Confidentiality
GDPR requires businesses and organizations to implement technical and organizational procedures to prevent any form of data breaches and malicious attacks.
What is considered personal data under GDPR?
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Personal data is any information that relates to a person, such as: name, surname, address, face image, personal identification number, fingerprints, eye color and other biometric data, email addresses, IP addresses, eye color, political affiliation, and so on.
What does the process look like?
1. We will analyze your company's personal data processing processes regarding the compliance with GDPR requirements.
2. We will analyze your data traffic and identify where the personal data is stored within and outside your company.
3. We will prepare all required documents, such as policies, internal reports, requests, and ect.
4. We will provide training sessions for your employees, by introducing the essence of GDPR, its importance, prepared documents, and the rules of maintenance.
FAQ
What are you worried about
1. Does GDPR apply to small businesses?
The GDPR applies to all businesses - even those with less than 250 employees. It's important to comply with this legislation and that includes making sure you read the GDPR and take appropriate action if necessary.
2. Does GDPR apply to US companies? How does it affect them?
Yes, if they process the personal data of persons from the EU. All organizations and corporations that collect, process, and store data of individuals living in the EU are mandated to comply with GDPR regardless of whether they are based in Europe or not. GDPR applies even to the companies which process the personal data of persons from the EU, even if they do it based on the contract with the client. For example your company is in the US, your client is in the US, but the data client process is related to the persons from the EU. In this case if you intend to provide the services to your client, you will be required to comply with GDPR requirements.
3. Does GDPR apply to UK companies? How does it affect them?
Yes, all organizations and corporations that collect, process, and store data of individuals living in the EU are mandated to comply with GDPR regardless of whether they are based in Europe or not.
4. What is needed to be fully compliant for business?
- all personal data management processes in the company comply with BDAR requirements;
- the company has prepared and regularly updates all the necessary documentation proving that the company has implemented all the necessary processes in accordance with the BDAR;
- the company has ensured the security of personal data and applies all necessary security measures;
- employees are well acquainted with BDAR requirements and their knowledge is constantly updated;
- appoint a Data Protection Officer if needed.