Data Processor
What is Data Processor?
Under GDPR, an entity that processes personal data on behalf of a data controller. Must act only on the controller's instructions and implement appropriate security measures.
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Requirements naming data processor across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
A data controller and (since 1 April 2025) a data processor must, when processing personal data, take practical steps to protect it from loss, misuse, modification, unauthorised or accidental access or disclosure, alteration or destruction, having regard to th...
malaysia-pdpa-2010::9(1) · Section 9(1): practical security steps by data controllers and data processors, having regard to five factors →Where a personal data breach occurs in respect of personal data stored or processed by a data processor, the processor on becoming aware notifies the data controller or the processor that engaged it, describing the nature of the breach including where possible...
nigeria-data-protection-act-2023-ndpa::40(1) · Breach notification by a data processor to the controller →Section 8 of DPDP Act 2023 establishes general obligations of every Data Fiduciary regardless of size or significance. Section 8(1): A Data Fiduciary shall be responsible for complying with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder in respect of...
DPDP-DataFiduciary-Obligations-ConsentManager-AAFramework-Sec6Sec7-RPA-AccuracyCompleteness · DPDP Act Section 8 + General Obligations of Data Fiduciary + Accuracy + Completeness + Consistency + Erasure + Reasonable Security + Personal Data Protection Officer + Data Processor Engagement →A person who intends to be a data controller or data processor must register with the supervisory authority, indicating their identity and designated single point of contact, the identity and address of any representative, a description of the personal data to...
rwanda-dpl::29-30 · Registration as a data controller or data processor →Processors of important data must, in accordance with the relevant provisions, conduct risk assessments of their data processing on a regular basis and submit the risk assessment reports to the relevant competent departments;
china-data-security-law-dsl::30 · Art. 30 Important data processors: regular risk assessments reported to the competent departments with the prescribed content →Public-agency processors. Section 29 sets the obligations of organisations acting as data processors for public agencies.
BN-PDPO-s29 · Obligations of a data processor of a public agency →Questions people ask about data processor
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