Appendix E. Checklist for corporate data protection

Technical Measures

Are there adequate technical safeguards against cyber intrusion?

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Are there adequate technical measures to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of stored personal data?

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Are there adequate technical measures to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personal data during data processing?

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Are there adequate technical measures to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personal data when transferring data between systems or organizations?

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Are there adequate technical measures to ensure the security of disposed documents that contain personal data?

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Are surveillance systems used in a proper way?

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Are tracking technologies used in a proper way?

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Are portable data storage devices used in a proper way?

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Organizational Measures

Are there adequate authentication procedures to verify and validate the accuracy of identity of the data subjects as well as their personal data?

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Is there a privacy policy?

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Does the privacy policy comply with the requirement of the data protection regulation?

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Is there adequate control of employees’ access to personal data?

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Are there adequate resources to support corporate data protection activities?

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Are there digital forgetting mechanisms which stipulate the data retention period and data forgetting procedures?

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Is there adequate training of employees regarding compliance with internal guidelines as well as national regulations for data protection?

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Is there data protection impact assessment before data processing in particular when using new technologies?

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Are there regular and extensive checks on the effectiveness of the measures applied to ensure data security?

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Is there adequate investigation on the data security of an organization before entering into an agreement or contract with it?

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Is personal data, in particular sensitive data, collected as what is necessary in relation to the processing purposes?

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Is personal data processed in line with the purpose of its original collection?

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Are all data handling activities based on consent?

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Are there proper procedures to obtain informed consent?

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Are there adequate procedures to fulfil data rights of the data subjects?

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Is there adequate cooperation with data protection authority?

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