12 Steps to GDPR PowerPoint Diagram

Help your new employees to understand GDPR or refresh your current employees understanding with the 12 Steps to GDPR PowerPoint Diagram. The 12 Steps to GDPR PowerPoint Diagram is a set of three totally customizable PowerPoint slides that show the different steps of this important plan. This includes the main points of the General Data Protection Regulations proposed by the EU. With the help of these slides, you can discuss topics such as raising awareness, privacy in communications, the information being held, subject access requests, individual rights, international work, data protection by design, protecting children’s data, customer consent, and data protection officers.

What is GDPR?

In April 2016, the European Parliament introduced the GDPR. This regulation took the place of an old rule on data protection. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a rule in the European Union (EU) law. According to this regulation, the businesses are required to protect the privacy and personal information of the EU citizens. This regulation also supervises the exchange of personal information with companies outside the EU.

Moreover, all the member states of EU are liable to adhere to this regulation. This regulation has set a standard for the companies to meet. The standard is very high that will require all the companies to make huge investments for meeting the standards.

The Type of Data GDPR Protects

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), various types of information are protected.

Biometric data
Sexual orientation
Genetic and health data
Website information, like cookie data, IP address, RFID tags, and location
Political opinions
Ethnic or racial data
Personal information, such as ID number, name, and address

How Will The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Protect Consumers?

Here is how this regulation will protect the EU consumers.

Jurisdiction of the Regulation

This regulation has a wide jurisdiction as it is applicable to every company processing the data of all the EU citizens. The location of the citizen doesnâ€™t matter as far as they are EU citizens the companies must comply with this new regulation.

Improved Systems

In order to keep up with the main purpose of the GDPR, processes will be developed keeping mind the protection.

Protection for Children

Another great thing about the GDPR is the protection for children. One of the common victims of cyber threat are children. This regulation states the parental consent for children must be until the age of 16.

Easy To Understand Consent Forms

The companies should come up with an accessible and simple consent form. It is necessary to state the purpose of the form clearly for the user. The companies should keep in mind the reversal of the consent must be easy as well.

Punishment For Not Following GDPR

In case someone breaches the GDPR, they will be heavily fined. The fine of the breach is 20 million euros or 4% of the global turnover. Whoever breaks the rule will have to pay the amount that is higher. Most of the companies have a turnover of millions, this will be a big hit in case they break any rule.

In the end, the companies must improve their systems to make sure they are in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).