Data Protection Solutions

We advise large organisations and SMEs across diverse industries in all matters related to compliance with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the relevant national legislation of Cyprus. We provide data protection solutions that are tailor made to the unique needs of our clients in order to ensure compliance while helping them transition to the framework of GDPR.

Emerald Group advises on the appropriate safeguards, methods and procedures that should be adopted and implemented by our clients to ensure compliance with GDPR, as well as to minimize their exposure to potential risks involved with their business activities with regards the processing of personal data, including special categories of personal data.

We have in-depth business and legal experience in high traffic sites, online businesses, ad platforms, payment processors and payment gateways, CRM platforms, information systems, e-commerce and e-commerce platforms, information security services, and we can help our clients navigate the complex landscape of data protection law in Cyprus as well as at a European Union and international level.

Data Protection Solutions:

  • Assessment and evaluation of organisation’s existing forms and procedures for the collection and processing of personal data of employees, customers, and associates.

  • Assessment and evaluation of organisation’s existing data protection measures and procedures.

  • Development, design and implementation of compliant controls, procedures and structures for the protection of personal data.

  • Cooperation with management and employees for the implementation and monitoring of new policies, procedures and measures for data protection.

  • Data Protection Officer as a service to monitor and maintain compliance with GDPR.

  • Drafting, Reviewing and Advising:

  • Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.

  • Data Processing Agreements or Data Processing Addendums to existing agreements with third country (non-EU) data processors or recipients of data.

  • Binding Corporate Rules and Model Clauses as per needs and requirements of client for the transfer of persona data outside of European Union.

  • Record of Processing Activities if your company has over 250 employees or is obliged to have such record pursuant to other factors.

  • Data Retention Policy.

  • Data Protection Impact Assessment.

  • Forms of email templates to be send to data subjects who wish to exercise their data protection rights.

  • Forms of marketing and administrative emails of organisations to ensure compliance with GDPR and ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC).

  • Consent forms in order to obtain consent for the processing of personal data from your clients, contractors, and employees.

  • Consultation in relation to Cookies pop-up box of the Website, collection and storage of cookies and obtaining consent under the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR.

  • Advising on how to handle data subjects’ requests and complaints and liaising with such individuals whose personal data is being processed by the client or they have made complaint to the client.

  • Investigating and managing data security breaches, and notification of such data security breach to Data Protection Commissioner and data subject.

  • Monitoring regulatory developments on data protection law.

  • Liaising with Data Protection Commissioner and other relevant Regulatory bodies on behalf of the client.

  • Representation of client before the Data Protection Commissioner and the courts in relation to data protection matter.

  • Provision of legal opinions in relation to data protection matters, from a GDPR and Cyprus national law perspective.

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