Dutch AP provides practical information about processors

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The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has published practical information about "processors". The publications have been made in the context of the campaign "What does the privacy law mean for you/your company?"

Controller and processor

In the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies regularly have questions about the concepts of "controller" and "processor". It is important to thoroughly understand these central concepts in the GDPR.

After all, the controller and processor have different obligations from each other. In addition, a so-called processor agreement must be concluded between the processor and the controller.

The assessment of who is responsible for the processing and who is the processor (if any) is not always easy.

The AP's information

The AP has now provided some guidelines on this, supplemented with information on topics such as the processor agreement. These guidelines are still quite broad though. It remains wise to seek advice regarding your specific situation.

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