Data Management Flashcards
What is GDPR and when was it brought in?
- Represents the largest change in data protection law across to EU
- Came into force on 25th May 2018 and replaced the data protection 1998
- Aims to create a single data protection regime for anyone doing business in the EU
- It gives people stronger rights to be informed about how their personal information is used.
What is the Data Protection Act 2018?
- UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR)
- Complete data protect system – as well as governing personal data covered by GDPR, it covers all other general data as previously covered by the 1998 Act
When did GDPR come into force?
25th May 2018
What are the key changes between GDPR and the previous directive?
- Increased territorial scope
- Penalties – fine up to 4% of global turnover or 20m euros
- Consent – conditions for consent have strengthened, the request for consent must be given with the purpose for data processing attached to that consent. Must be clear and simple language and must be easy to withdraw
- Breach notification – breaches must be reported to ICO within 72 hours of breach
- Right to access – individuals will have the right to access their personal data
- Right to be forgotten – individuals have the right to have personal data erased. Right is not absolute, and only applies in certain circumstances. E.g. information is no longer necessary, individual objects to you processing information for direct marketing purposes.
- Data protection offices – internal record keeping requirements with DPO appointments mandatory for controllers and processors. Whose core activities involve regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale.
What are the key requirements under GDPR?
- Obligation to conduction data protection impact assessments for high risk holding of data
- New rights for individuals to have access to information on what personal data is held and to have it erased
- A data controller decides how and why personal data is processed and is directly responsible for GDPR
- ‘Data accountability’ ensuring that organisations can prove to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) how they comply with the new regulations
What happens if you breach GDPR? What is the penalty?
- Data security breaches need to be reported to Information Commissioners Office (ICO) within 72 hours where there is a loss of personal data and a risk of harm to individuals
- An increase in fines up to 4% global turnover of the company or €20m (whichever is the greater)
- Policed by the ICO
How does GDPR affect surveying practices?
- Data you hold to service clients – e.g. valuation systems or compliance systems e.g. accounts, payroll and HR
- Any customer data held for marketing purposes.
- Email and correspondence as contains personal data.
- Need to provide information on how the data you have is used and the rights of the individual regarding data
- Must be able to, on request, the details of the data you hold and how it has been used.
- Need to be able to delete every instance of an individual’s data in compliance with the right to be forgotten.
- Must offer this data in a format that allows portability to other data processors should need to arise.
What is a data breach and what should you do if you discover a breach?
- Breach = a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.
- Data breaches must be reported to the ICO but only likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals.
- Breaches are discovered through access logs, reported thefts, lost equipment or a data security incident that involves personal data.
- The initial report must be made within 72 hours of having become aware of it
Give some examples of best practice to be compliant with the new GDPR
- Conduct a data review- understand the risks, access rights, purpose for storing and ensure you have the consent to store data for the purpose in which you are using it.
- Anonymise data wherever possible
- Encrypt everything
- Create a Breach Responses Policy
- Understand the data subject request process – This procedure is run when a person asks for the information that your organisation holds about them in relation to a specific topic, invokes the right to be forgotten, requests you update the data hold on them
- Data storage – revise the length of time that the data is held for
- Consider the purpose the data is held for and decide whether to retain it
- Securely destroy information
What does Article 5(1) of GDPR state in relation to the processing of data?
- Data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to individuals
What does Article 5(1) of GDPR state in relation to the collection of data?
- Data must be collected or specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes
What does Article 5(1) of GDPR state in relation to the relevance of data?
- Data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed
What does Article 5(1) of GDPR state in relation to the accuracy of data?
- Data must be accurate and, where necessary kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate, having regard to the purpose for which they are processed, are erased or rectified without delay
What does Article 5(1) of GDPR state in relation to the form which data is kept in?
- Data must be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed
What does Article 5(1) of GDPR state in relation to the processing of data?
- Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisation measures
Who does Article 5(2) of GDPR state is responsible for the compliance with the principles outlined in Article 5(1)?
- The data controller shall be responsible for, and be able to demonstrate compliance with the principles
What are the 8 individual Rights under GDPR?
AIRER POA:
- Right of access
- Right to be informed
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability (to use for their own purposes)
- Right to object
- Rights to automated decision making and profiling (as undertaken by insurance companies)
How has your firm changed their data management practices to comply with GDPR?
- Conducted data protection impact assessments i.e. evaluated risks associated with holding information about individuals
- Ensure data accountability through the appointment of a named data controller
- Contacted individuals who were on distribution lists to confirm that they wanted to be contacted
- Trained staff
- Ensured correct firewalls were in place to ensure appropriate security of personal data