Privacy: ensuring its protection.
In order to ensure the protection of your privacy, there are specific regulations to be aware of. In addition, be aware that you have rights over your personal data to protect the various information that you have transmitted to organizations.
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The Importance of GDPR
Since May 25, 2018, the general regulation on the protection of personal data or GDPR, aims to strengthen data protection and applies everywhere in Europe. The Data Protection Act adapts to this. The appointment of a DPO is even mandatory. It is he who helps the data controller to ensure compliance with the law and to prevent companies from penalties of the CNIL.
Privacy: the rights of European citizens
The right of access to files
A personal data relates to an identifiable or identified natural person, whether:
- The name ;
- The picture ;
- The IP address;
- A video…
This right gives you the possibility of accessing the information concerning you, in order to carry out a verification or for a correction. For sensitive data, a request must be made to the president of the CNIL. This proves the importance of privacy citizens.
The right to rectification
Do you no longer want to appear in the customer database of a merchant site? You want to change your online resume ? The right to rectification of data exists. If you notice that data circulating on the Web is inaccurate or incomplete, you can ask to have it completed or corrected.
The right to object to your data
It is a right that allows everyone citizen to refuse to allow personal information concerning you to be processed. As soon as it is based on legitimate reasons or in the context of a business development, we can use it. If the holder of your data does not respect this right in the context of the protection of privacy, he incurs a penalty of 300,000 euros and 5 years in prison.
The right to be forgotten or the protection of online reputation
It is also called the right of delisting or right to erasure. It ensures that you are not affected by the unwitting use of data concerning you. This has been highlighted since the company Google dereferenced the pages containing personal data. A form of dereferencing is even available.
