Checklist data protection

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 Checklist data protection                                                                                                             

• Do you work with personal data?
• Are more than nine people constantly involved in the processing of personal data?
• Do you work with particularly sensitive data?
• Do you transmit to third parties?
• Are customers and employees consistently informed about the nature and purpose of data use?
• Have these individuals signed the appropriate verification?
• Is it possible to inspect files (tidy archive)?
• Are deletion and retention periods observed?
• Are all IT applications sufficiently and comprehensively protected?
• Are there special access rights for supervisors and employees?
• Is there a concept with passwords and access rights?
• How are data breaches and losses reported?
• Are data carriers/files/documents containing personal data stored securely?
• Are employees adequately trained?
• Have they consented to the use of your data?
• Do you already have an internal data protection officer?
• Is this person knowledgeable and can answer questions about the GDPR completely and quickly?
• Is the implementation of the new regulations in the company regularly monitored?
• Have there been any data protection mishaps before?

This checklist provides some information that should be relevant to you as a business owner.

If you have given little or no thought to the topic of data protection, you should start now.