Industry Concepts 003-4 Flashcards
What is General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
It is the European law that tells us how personal data is processed and transferred.
What is Data Protection Act (DPA)?
It covers all other general data, law enforcement and national security data.
What are the principles of GDPR and DPA?
They are lawfulness, fairness and transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, confidentiality and accountability.
Why is data protection important?
We have sensitive info that can cause us to be blackmailed and targeted with things like our race or age.
What is the rights we have to our data?
The right to be informed, access your data, erase data, restrict data, retrieve data and object to usage.
Does a company need to confirm before hand to send you marketing messages?
Yes they do.
What kind of punishments can be expected if you break GDP or DPA?
Warnings, bans from data collection and fines keep them from going against this act.
How much can a company be fined for breaking GDPR?
£17.5 million or 4% of annual global turnover. Which ever is higher.
