HOW THE EU PROTECTS OUR PERSONAL DATA
Key pieces of our personal data are tacked and saved every time we book a holiday, sign up for social media or buy concert tickets online.If you are a European Citizen, it is a fundamental right that this data is protected.
According to EU legislation, care and responsibility is demanded in the process of data collection.By law, organisations are not allowed to retain your personal data without a specific purpose and this can only happen under limited and necessary terms.
Furthermore, there are specific organisations that are in charge of monitoring those proception laws and preventing loss, theft and destruction.
What EU Legislation requires:
1. RESPONSIBILITY. Ensuring organisations’ commitment in managing our data with care
2. PRIVACY. Any website must request our consent before recording our online preferences (the so-called cookies).
3. NO SPAM. We can be emailed only by those organisations to whom we have given our permission.
4. WITHDRAW CONSENT. We can withdraw consent at any time.
5. RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. If we don’t agree to how our data is managed, we can appeal against the organisation (or people in charge) to our national authority or a court of law.
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HOW THE EU PROTECTS OUR PERSONAL DATA
Key pieces of our personal data are tacked and saved every time we book a holiday, sign up for social media or buy concert tickets online.If you are a European Citizen, it is a fundamental right that this data is protected.
According to EU legislation, care and responsibility is demanded in the process of data collection.By law, organisations are not allowed to retain your personal data without a specific purpose and this can only happen under limited and necessary terms.
Furthermore, there are specific organisations that are in charge of monitoring those proception laws and preventing loss, theft and destruction.
What EU Legislation requires:
1. RESPONSIBILITY. Ensuring organisations’ commitment in managing our data with care
2. PRIVACY. Any website must request our consent before recording our online preferences (the so-called cookies).
3. NO SPAM. We can be emailed only by those organisations to whom we have given our permission.
4. WITHDRAW CONSENT. We can withdraw consent at any time.
5. RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. If we don’t agree to how our data is managed, we can appeal against the organisation (or people in charge) to our national authority or a court of law.
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HOW THE EU PROTECTS OUR PERSONAL DATA
Key pieces of our personal data are tacked and saved every time we book a holiday, sign up for social media or buy concert tickets online.If you are a European Citizen, it is a fundamental right that this data is protected.
According to EU legislation, care and responsibility is demanded in the process of data collection.By law, organisations are not allowed to retain your personal data without a specific purpose and this can only happen under limited and necessary terms.
Furthermore, there are specific organisations that are in charge of monitoring those proception laws and preventing loss, theft and destruction.
What EU Legislation requires:
1. RESPONSIBILITY. Ensuring organisations’ commitment in managing our data with care
2. PRIVACY. Any website must request our consent before recording our online preferences (the so-called cookies).
3. NO SPAM. We can be emailed only by those organisations to whom we have given our permission.
4. WITHDRAW CONSENT. We can withdraw consent at any time.
5. RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. If we don’t agree to how our data is managed, we can appeal against the organisation (or people in charge) to our national authority or a court of law.
