Data Controller
What is Data Controller?
Under GDPR, the entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. The controller bears primary responsibility for compliance.
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Requirements naming data controller across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Ghana DPA 2012 Part Four - Registration + Controller/Processor Obligations. REGISTRATION (Sec.41-46): all data controllers + processors processing personal data in Ghana must REGISTER with DPC + complete REGISTRATION APPLICATION (Sec.42) including organization...
GhDPA-Registration-Controller-Processor · Data Controller + Processor Registration and Obligations (Part Four) →Data controllers must register with VERBIS (Veri Sorumlulari Sicili Bilgi Sistemi) before processing. Registration includes controller identity, processing purposes, data categories, recipient categories, transfers abroad, retention periods, and security measu...
KVKK-Art16 · VERBIS Data Controllers Registry →Introduces a duty for controllers to facilitate and handle data protection complaints from data subjects, including acknowledging and responding within prescribed timeframes, before escalation to the regulator.
DUAA-P5-COMPLAINTS · Complaints to data controllers →Acknowledge NDPC enforcement per NDPA Section 45 with administrative penalties up to NGN 10 million + 2% annual gross revenue (lower of) for serious violations + lesser penalties for minor breaches + compensation for affected data subjects + criminal penalties...
NG-NDPA-8 · Enforcement, Penalties, Data Controllers of Major Importance (DCMI), and Compliance →Register the entity as a data controller with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) in its capacity as Data Protection Authority, declaring categories of personal information, purposes of processing and security measures a...
ZDPA-02 · Registration of Data Controllers with POTRAZ →Articles 5-15 of UU PDP grant Data Subjects 9 core rights. Article 5: right to obtain information regarding identity of Personal Data Controller + legal basis + purpose + accountability party representing Personal Data Controller.
IDPdp-DataSubjectRights-Art5to15-Access-Correction-Erasure-Portability-Object-Withdraw-Automated · Indonesia PDP Articles 5-15 + Data Subject Rights + Access + Correction + Erasure + Portability + Object + Withdraw Consent + Automated Decision-Making + Damages Claim + Identity Verification + Response 3 Days →Questions people ask about data controller
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