GDPR

The GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulation. It aims to provide EU citizens with a unified and harmonized approach to privacy protection across the European Union and seeks to strengthen individuals’ rights regarding the protection of their personal data

Our Law Office provides consulting services for businesses to ensure compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 “on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.”

In this context, we provide a comprehensive, in-depth study in accordance with the above Regulation, with the aim of ensuring compliance with it.

In particular, we offer the following services:

STAGE A’

Mapping of Personal Data (Mapping Analysis)

  • Completion of specific questionnaires by company executives who manage personal data
  • Organization of supplementary relevant interviews
  • Identification of the type of personal data
  • Determination of the methods of collection, storage, and processing of personal data (data flow)
  • Identification of the legal basis (lawful basis for processing personal data) under which any data processing is carried out
  • Identification of commercial practices with third parties that may have an impact on the company’s ability to comply with the GDPR
  • Study of the technological ecosystem (applications, infrastructure, storage and processing facilities in external or internal units) in collaboration with the company’s IT manager
  • Identification of ‘gaps’ in relation to the Regulation (Gap Analysis)
  • Preparation of a preliminary study based on the applicable documented procedures
  • Delivery of the preliminary study to management and provision of general guidelines

STAGE B’

Compliance Plan Design

  • Identification of deviations from GDPR requirements
  • Preparation of a High-Level Plan of Proposed Initiatives and Actions and establishment of an implementation timetable
  • Specification of specific proposals aimed at revising unforeseen policies and procedures
  • Establishment of safeguards in the company’s technological ecosystems and physical archives in collaboration with the company’s IT department
  • Extensive briefing and training of staff on personal data management
  • Three (3) hour staff training seminar

STAGE C’

Implementation of compliance with legal issues

  • Drafting, completing, harmonizing, and revising existing contracts and other documents
  • Developing and drafting an appropriate and comprehensive Data Protection Policy (Data Protection Legal Framework)
  • Processing and drafting of an appropriate and comprehensive Privacy Policy for the website (if the company has one)
  • Drafting of an activity log & briefing – training of the data controller on its lawful maintenance
  • Drafting of a data breach response plan – log book

Our Law Office is additionally in a position to:

  • provide a Data Protection Officer with an annual cooperation agreement (DPO as a Service)
  • train and support on legal issues, the company/business executive selected for the position of DPO, for as long as deemed necessary (DPO Support Team), so that the executive ultimately selected can successfully perform their duties
  • to advise, with regard to specific personal data processing, on the need to conduct a personal data impact assessment (DPIA – Data Privacy Impact Assessment)
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