Privacy for Beginners
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Am I allowed to process personal data?
The main question is – are you (or your company) allowed to process personal data? In general, yes. You are allowed to process personal data – you do not need to have any license from a state. (Even though in some countries such as the UK you might need to pay a fee to a…
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What is processing of personal data?
Processing is almost anything you can do with the personal data. Processing covers collection, usage, publication storage, transfer, access or deletion of data. This processing can be both automated, but also by manual actions. Some examples of processing of personal data: It’s important to note that data protection regulations (such as GDPR) regulate the processing…
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What is personal data?
At first… why is it important, what personal data is? Because when you process personal data, data protection regulations (like GDPR) apply to you. When you don’t process personal data (for example because you work only with anonymous data), you are not subject to the regulations. So, what is personal data? Personal data is any…
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What is privacy?
Privacy Privacy is the ability of an individual to control or withhold personal information from others. Others in this meaning could be other people, but also businesses or governments. By the way, the word privacy came from the Latin word ‘privatus’, which means set apart of the public. It is a human right. It is…
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