Whistleblower Protection
What is Whistleblower Protection?
Legal safeguards and organizational policies that protect individuals who report illegal, unethical, or non-compliant activities from retaliation.
Terms that appear alongside whistleblower protection
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as whistleblower protection. The number is how many controls name both.
- policy 5 shared controls
- confidentiality 4 shared controls
- governance 4 shared controls
- due diligence 3 shared controls
- compliance 2 shared controls
- iso 27701 2 shared controls
- certification 2 shared controls
- accountability 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern whistleblower protection
What the standards actually require on whistleblower protection
Requirements naming whistleblower protection across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Article 41 enables three or more Member States to request the Commission to open a market investigation under Article 17/18/19. Article 42 brings the DMA into the scope of Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions.
DMA-Art.41_42_43_44_45 · Market-investigation requests, representative actions, whistleblower protection, publication of decisions, judicial review (Articles 41-45) →LkSG coordination with adjacent German + international frameworks. GERMAN HINWEISGEBERSCHUTZGESETZ (HinSchG, Whistleblower Protection Act of 31 May 2023 in force 2 July 2023;
LkSG-Coord-Hinweisgeberschutz-Sectoral · Coordination with German Whistleblower Protection (HinSchG), Sectoral Frameworks and ESG →Recognise the role of stakeholders + provide whistleblower protection per OECD/G20 Principles Chapter IV. The corporate governance framework should recognise the rights of stakeholders established by law or through mutual agreements and encourage active cooper...
OECDCG-4 · Role of Stakeholders and Whistleblower Protection →Article 24 (as amended by Ley 2/2023, in force 13 March 2023): processing needed to protect persons who report breaches of law is lawful and is governed by the GDPR, this law and the law protecting reporting persons and fighting corruption (Ley 2/2023).
spain-organic-law-32018-on-data-protection-and-digital-rights-lopdgdd::Art. 24 · Process whistleblower data under the GDPR, this law and the whistleblower protection law →Section 8 of KOSA mandates annual independent audits of covered platforms by qualified third-party auditors. (1) Section 8(a) Annual Independent Audit: (a) Covered platform must commission annual third-party audit;
KOSA-Independent-Audit-Section8-Annual-Third-Party-FTC-Approved-Auditor-Compliance-Verification-Public-Summary · KOSA Independent Audit + Section 8 + Annual + Third-Party + FTC-Approved Auditor + Compliance Verification + Public Summary + Multi-Layer Audit + Risk Assessment Verification + Safeguard Effectiveness + Algorithmic System Audit →Liechtenstein DSG Articles 32-39 Governance and Accountability. Article 32 Data Protection Officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter - DPO/DSB) - mandatory designation under GDPR Article 37 + Liechtenstein additional requirements for: (a) financial sector entities (ban...
LIDPA-Governance-DPO-ROPA-DPIA-Privacy-by-Design-Articles-32-39-Codes-of-Conduct-Whistleblowing · Liechtenstein DPA Governance + DPO + ROPA + DPIA + Articles 32-39 + Whistleblowing →Questions people ask about whistleblower protection
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