What is an Establishment? An establishment is a place of business for an organization in the EU. If an establishment…
What is Freely Given Consent? Freely given consent is consent that is given by a data subject who has real,…
What is Metadata? Metadata is information about other data. For example, regarding the content of a message, metadata can include…
What are Binding Corporate Rules? Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) are internal rules regarding data transfers within multinational companies. BCRs permit…
What is the Right To Be Forgotten? The right to be forgotten gives data subjects under the GDPR the ability…
What is Explicit Consent? Under the GDPR, explicit consent must be expressly confirmed in words. It involves an express statement,…
What is a Legitimate Interest? Legitimate interest is one of the six lawful bases for processing personal data under the…
What is the FTC Act? The FTC Act is a U.S. law that empowers the FTC “…to (a) prevent unfair methods of…
What is a Data Protection Authority (DPA)? A Data Protection Authority or DPA is an government official or body with…
What are the FIPPS? The Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPS) are a set of principles created in 1974 by the U.S. Department…