Privacy Data Protection in the Caribbean of growing importance: Learn about compliance

Privacy, data protection, and security laws and regulations are on the rise in the Caribbean Region. As part of the global community of data controllers and processors governments, companies and other organizations have to comply with applicable laws and regulations and are held accountable for non-compliance. In this training, many relevant solutions are discussed for practical implementations to make a difference for (future) data protection professionals in the region. All participants are entitled to a free trial of compliance software solutions for the same which can be customized as per the needs and relevance of specific operations.

Governments, companies, and organizations all over the world have to implement and execute appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure personal data against loss or any form of unlawful processing. These measures shall guarantee an appropriate level of security, taking account of the technical state of the art and the costs of execution, in view of the risks associated with that processing and the nature of the data to be protected. The measures shall be aimed partly at preventing unnecessary gathering and further processing of personal data. In growing order of importance, many companies (clients) operating to and/or from the Caribbean Region require their local business partner to avail of a dedicated Data Protection Officer (DPO) which is often aligned with the relevant requirements as per the EU GDPR according to which the appointment of a DPO under the GDPR is mandatory in following three circumstances:

• When the organization is a public authority or body;
• If the core activities require regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale; or
• If the core activities involve large-scale processing of special categories of personal data and data relating to criminal convictions

SEE ALSO

BOOST YOUR CAREER AS A REGISTERED DATA PROTECTION PROFESSIONAL (RDPP)