Record of processing activities

A small step for a company — one giant leap for GDPR-compliance.

Contrary to common belief, the GDPR is not aimed at imposing million-dollar fines on as many companies as possible. The GDPR gives individuals more control over their personal information and encourages businesses to treat data more carefully.

To comply with all the privacy rules, businesses must understand what information is collected, what happens to it, why it is being processed, and how long it is being processed. Essentially, you should be attentive to the flow of personal information as well as you are to monetary transactions. However, the accounting department should not be responsible for keeping track. The solution lies in a record of processing activities (hereinafter — RoPA) that must be maintained by each controller following Article 30 of the GDPR.

Why is RoPA important?

Fundamental Understanding.

You will gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of working on personal data protection, as well as learn about the gaps and potential growth opportunities. Furthermore, you will discover ways to fill them cost-effectively and in the most efficient way.

Evidence for inspections.

In order to comply with the GDPR, the RoPA must be in place. In the event when a supervisory authority approaches you, you will be able to provide reliable proof to them that your company complies with the rules imposed by the GDPR.

Are you planning or already implementing GDPR-compliance?

The RoPA is the easiest and most reliable tool you can use to implement GDPR rules. Besides enabling you to comply with the GDPR, it will also provide you with an overview of all processing operations of personal data. This document serves as an inventory, foundation, and reference for the privacy program of the company. 

If you order the RoPA from our company, we will provide you with guidelines on how to comply with the GDPR once the RoPA is created so that you can efficiently build your work on GDPR-compliance.

Step 1.
Conducting the interview

Familiarization with your businesses’ activities and audit of the ongoing situation. Assessment of the GDPR discrepancies (gap-analysis).

Step 2.
Filling the RoPA

Aligning your business to the GDPR requirements to a sustainable level.

Step 3.
Presentation of the RoPA

Sustaining the compliance level reached. Bringing into conformity of the incoming projects and processes.

Why is it better to order a RoPA rather than an audit?

Companies usually receive only a list of errors and as the result of the audit. By contrast, with RoPA, you will not only find out what errors in the processing of personal data were made, but you will also receive a completed RoPA, as well as recommendations for further steps concerning GDPR-compliance.

What do you get?

The RoPA created by our consultants is...

01.

Identification of processes involving personal data.

02.

Clarification of the categories of data processed.

03.

Selection of relevant retention periods for processing.

04.

Consultation with certified consultants in the field of data protection.

05.

Development of company-specific guidelines for updating the RoPA.

Result

A completed RoPA includes links between the tables. This makes it easy for you to set up a convenient display of what data, when, and in what information system should be deleted.

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