During the year 2018 all workers of Medina Cuadros They took a specific course to adapt to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), regulations applicable since May 25, 2018.
The template of Medina Cuadros distributed across the different locations: Madrid, Jaén, Granada, Valencia, Seville, Las Palmas and Santiago held this training session that recommends the Spanish Data Protection Agency to all private sector companies to adapt workers to the new regulations.
On May 25th, the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free circulation of this data, which represents one of the largest regulatory reforms at the Community level in this area.
Medina Cuadros is very aware of what this means in terms of data processing for staff and for the benefit of customer security.
The highlights of the GDPR course for Medina Cuadros employees were the application of the duty of information, the legal basis for the treatment, contact with the responsible of the treatment and the maximum time during which the data will be retained.
The fundamental changes brought about by the new regulation are, among others, that it eliminates the obligation to register data files before the Data Protection Agency, establishing the obligation of internal registration of personal data processing activities and the creation of the figure of Data Protection Officer, responsible for advising the entity in the compliance of the data protection regulations.
The new GDPR It contemplates a part of the rights of citizens, it recognizes the “right to be forgotten”, the deletion of personal data concerning you, also known as the “right to erasure”.
The new regulation eliminates the “tacit consent” of the affected party to carry out the processing of their personal data, and replaces it with the free, express and unequivocal consent at any time.
An important part of the course was aimed at explaining to the staff of Medina Cuadros the increase in obligations information that entities are obliged to provide the interested party, the proactive responsibility and risk analysis.
It is established obligation of the data controller to notify the security breaches at the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) within a maximum period of 72 hours and also to those affected, if their rights are put at risk.
The highlight of this new regulation is that it entails a homogeneity at European level, reduction of bureaucracy, legal security, reaction pathways against violations and elements for move forward and build.
Medina Cuadros continues to be at the forefront in the application of the new General Data Protection Regulation, providing its workers the tools necessary to comply with the new regulations and provides the customers security necessary to maintain your confidence in this company that has been a benchmark in its business sector for over 40 years.
Roadmap document for adaptation of Medina Cuadros workers to the new GDPR
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