GDPR basics
The most important law that has the protection of personal data as its subject is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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GDPR in practice
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers several instruments that help organisations comply with the law.
Financial enterprises
Financial enterprises and service providers, such as banks, credit card companies, insurers, pension funds, trust offices, financial and tax consultants, collect and use a lot of personal data.
Privacy and personal data
What is the importance of privacy? What exactly are personal data? What exactly is ‘processing’? And what legislation is in place to protect privacy and personal data?
Privacy rights under the GDPR
People have a number of rights if organisations use their personal data. These can be found in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We call these rights ‘privacy rights’.
The GDPR in brief
Use of personal data in education
Schools process personal data of pupils. This starts when a pupil is registered. Schools process the pupil's data in the pupil record.