What is a DSAR? A DSAR is a data subject access request. Individuals have rights with respect to their own…
What is CASL? The Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is Canadian legislation that requires prior consent before commercial electronic messages (CEM)…
What is FISMA? The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) is a U.S. federal law that requires information…
What is the Council of the European Union? The Council of the European Union (“The Council”) is the main decision…
What is a Personal Data Breach? A “‘personal data breach’ is a breach of security leading to the accidental or…
What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament is a legislative body of the European Union. It has 751 members…
What is a Privacy Program Business Case? What is a Privacy Program Business Case? Think of the privacy business case…
What is Transparency? Transparency is the principle that information about processing should be provided to the data subject. If data…
What is Automated Processing? Automated processing is processing without human intervention. Processing is any operation on personal data. So automated…
What is a Data Protection Officer (DPO)? The data protection officer (DPO) is a privacy and data protection leadership role…