{"id":2183,"date":"2022-09-01T05:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T05:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/articles\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:19:20","slug":"what-is-dpia-and-who-needs-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/articles\/articles\/data-protection-impact-assessment-dpia\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is DPIA And Who Needs It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Article 35 & 36 Of GDPR States:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)<\/strong> must be carried out whenever you start a new project, and it contains \u201ca high risk\u201d to people\u2019s personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<\/strong> carries a plethora of rules that businesses must follow for the protection of personal data they collect on their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Compliance with GDPR<\/a> is important; otherwise, there are penalties<\/a> for failure to comply. Penalties can approximately go up to $20 million or 4 percent of annual revenue (whichever is higher). There are countless companies that have received these severe fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s How A DPIA Can Help Your Business Troubleshoot Privacy Issues:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In a nutshell, in a business setting, privacy considerations are overlooked because of greater attention towards profit centres of the business rather than its legal, social and ethical obligations. However, when we take into account the loss, fines and the public relations debacle a business can face when privacy is not handled well, then it all becomes a quantifiable mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Data protection seems expensive. But there is a way to change your data privacy stance and status without heavy costs. In order to deal with the quantifiable mess, Seers<\/a><\/strong> has developed its DPIA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) allows a business to assess and monitor any potential threat areas and vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who Needs A Data Protection Impact Assessment?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Any business undergoing ownership, product, or an industrial change requires a DPIA. Conducting one can help it reduce its potential loss stemming from data privacy and protection issues. Hence, this tool can take care of such threats to the security and profitability of your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Does A Data Protection Impact Assessment Work?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The DPIA works by investigating potential vulnerabilities. It can help with devising the way forward to improve the data privacy and compliance status. Thus, in return it can prevent potential losses, fines and negative publicity for a business. It works on several levels of compliance before a business begins its data processing activities. This is essential to maintain the security and integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Protection Impact Assessment Under The GDPR<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

GDPR\u2019s Article 35 and 36 covers Data Protection Impact Assessments. The DPIA is a new requirement under the GDPR as part of the \u201cprotection by design\u201d principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Law States:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere a type of processing, in particular, using new technologies and taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing, is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the controller shall, prior to the processing, carry out an assessment of the impact of the envisaged processing operations on the protection of personal data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The above passage states a DPIA under specific conditions. Down below are some examples of the types of conditions in which a company requires a DPIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n