Processing
What is Processing?
Any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. Under GDPR, processing includes collection, recording, storage, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure, erasure, and destruction.
Frameworks that govern processing
What the standards actually require on processing
Requirements naming processing across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The organization must provide a mechanism for individuals to object to the processing of their data, documenting the legal and regulatory requirements relating to objection such as objection to direct marketing, informing individuals of their ability to object...
iso-27701-2019::7.3.5 · Providing mechanism to object to PII processing →The processor, and any person acting under the authority of the controller or of the processor who has access to personal data, must not process that data except on instructions from the controller, unless required to do so by Union or Member State law.
GDPR-Art.29 · Processing under the authority of the controller or processor →Principles of lawfulness, good faith, proportionality, purpose limitation, and accuracy
FADP-6 · Processing Principles (Articles 6-8) →Definitions for law enforcement processing. Article 26 sets the definitions applicable to Title 2 (law-enforcement processing), including personal data, processing, competent authority and related terms.
BE-DPA-16 · Definitions for law enforcement processing →Personal data may be processed for archiving in the public interest, including in the National Archives system, subject to safeguards under the Archives Act and appropriate technical and organisational measures.
EST-IKS-§7 · Processing for archiving in the public interest →Where the operator entrusts personal data processing to another person, this must be done on the basis of an agreement that contains the list of operations, processing purposes, confidentiality and protection obligations, and the requirement to act on the oper...
RU-152FZ-011 · Processing on Behalf of Another Operator →Questions people ask about processing
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