SafeWeb
  • SafeWeb Knowledge base
    • What is Dark Web Monitoring by SafeWeb?
      • How does SafeWeb Dark Web Monitoring work?
      • How often will I be informed of data breaches?
      • What do SafeWeb reports show?
      • Breach report actions
        • Data found on Dark Web
        • Credit card breach
        • Password breach
        • Employee or client personal data breach
        • Social media data breach
        • What is a notifiable data breach?
        • Do I need to inform my customers?
    • What is the 'Dark Web'?
      • What do hackers use the Dark Web for?
      • Business data on the Dark Web
      • Can data be removed from the Dark Web
      • Dark Web Monitoring
      • How much is Dark Web monitoring?
      • Is Dark Web Monitoring worth it?
      • Should my business monitor the Dark Web?
      • Can I monitor the Dark Web for business data breaches?
      • What is the Dark Web?
      • Are my company's details on the Dark Web?
      • Why should my business monitor the Dark Web?
    • How to resolve a breach
      • Data found on Dark Web
      • Credit card breach
      • Password breach
      • Employee or client personal data breach
      • Social media data breach
      • What is a notifiable data breach?
      • Do I need to inform my customers?
  • Ensure GDPR compliance
    • Introduction to UK GDPR
      • What is GDPR?
      • Do GDPR rules apply to small businesses?
      • Key Principles of GDPR
      • Page 3
    • Data Protection Officers
      • When is a DPO required?
      • Roles and Responsibilities of a DPO
      • Page 1
    • Principles of Data Processing
      • Consent
      • Legitimate Interests
      • Contracts
      • Legal Obligations
      • Vital Interests
      • Public Task
      • Consent Withdrawal
    • Data Subject Rights
      • Right to Be Informed
      • Right of Access
      • Right to Rectification
      • Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten)
      • Right to Restrict Processing
      • Right to Data Portability
      • Right to Object
      • Rights Related to Automated Decision Making
    • Data Breach Identification and Notification
      • What Constitutes a Data Breach?
      • Obligations for Reporting Data Breaches
      • Timelines for Reporting
      • Notification Process
    • Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
      • When Are DPIAs Required?
      • Steps to Conduct a DPIA
    • GDPR Compliance for SMEs
      • GDPR Policies and Documentation
      • Employee Training
      • Data Mapping and Inventory
    • Handling a Data Breach
      • Identifying a Breach
      • Immediate Response
      • Investigating the Breach
      • Communication with Affected Parties
      • Notification to Supervisory Authority
    • GDPR Enforcement and Penalties
      • Fines and Penalties
      • Cooperation with Regulatory Authorities
  • Breach Categories
    • Ages
    • Audio Recordings
    • Account Balances
    • Address Book Contacts
    • Avatars
    • Auth Tokens
    • Age Groups
    • Astrological Signs
    • Appointments
    • Apps Installed on Devices
    • Bios
    • Buying Preferences
    • Browsing Histories
    • Browser User Agent Details
    • Biometric Data
    • Beauty Ratings
    • Bank Account Numbers
    • Credit Status Information
    • Customer Feedback
    • Car Ownership Statuses
    • Credit Cards
    • Customer Interactions
    • Charitable Donations
    • Citizenship Statuses
    • Credit Card CVV
    • Career Levels
    • Cellular Network Names
    • Chat Logs
    • Clothing Sizes
    • Driver's Licenses
    • Dates of Birth
    • Device Information
    • Deceased Date
    • Drinking Habits
    • Device Usage Tracking Data
    • Deceased Statuses
    • Device Serial Numbers
    • Delivery Instructions
    • Drug Habits
    • Employment Statuses
    • Education Levels
    • Employers
    • Eating Habits
    • Encrypted Keys
    • Ethnicities
    • Email Messages
    • Email Addresses
    • Financial Transactions
    • Family Members' Names
    • Family Plans
    • Flights Taken
    • Fitness Levels
    • Family Structure
    • Financial Investments
    • Genders
    • Geographic Locations
    • Government Issued IDs
    • HIV Statuses
    • Home Ownership Statuses
    • Historical Passwords
    • Health Insurance Information
    • Homepage URLs
    • Income Levels
    • IMEI Numbers
    • IMSI Numbers
    • IP Addresses
    • Instant Messenger Identities
    • Job Titles
    • Job Applications
    • Loyalty Program Details
    • Login Histories
    • Living Costs
    • Loan Information
    • Licence Plates
    • Marital Statuses
    • Military Service
    • Mothers Maiden Names
    • Mnemonic Phrases
    • MAC Addresses
    • Names
    • Name
    • Nicknames
    • Nationalities
    • Net Worths
    • Occupations
    • Physical Attributes
    • Partial Phone Numbers
    • Parenting Plans
    • Passwords
    • Political Donations
    • Passport Numbers
    • Photos
    • Password Strengths
    • Physical Addresses
    • Partial Dates of Birth
    • Personal Health Data
    • Places of Birth
    • Phone Numbers
    • PINs
    • Payment Methods
    • Personal Interests
    • Partial Credit Card Data
    • Personal Descriptions
    • Payment Histories
    • Password Hints
    • Purchasing Habits
    • Private Messages
    • Professional Skills
    • Profile Photos
    • Political Views
    • Purchases
    • Religions
    • Relationship Statuses
    • Races
    • Recovery Email Addresses
    • Reward Program Balances
    • Sexual Orientations
    • Social Connections
    • School Grades (Class Levels)
    • Spoken Languages
    • Security Questions and Answers
    • Spouses Names
    • Survey Results
    • Salutations
    • Social Media Profiles
    • Social Security Numbers
    • Smoking Habits
    • Support Tickets
    • SMS Messages
    • Sexual Fetishes
    • Taxation Records
    • Travel Habits
    • Time Zones
    • Telecommunications Carrier
    • User Website URLs
    • User Statuses
    • Usernames
    • Utility Bills
    • Vehicle Details
    • Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs)
    • Website Activity
    • Work Habits
    • Years of Professional Experience
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  1. Ensure GDPR compliance
  2. Introduction to UK GDPR

What is GDPR?

The UK GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a data protection regulation that governs how personal data is processed and protected in the United Kingdom (UK). It is closely aligned with the EU GDPR (European Union General Data Protection Regulation), which is a broader regulation applicable to all EU member states and any organisation worldwide that processes the personal data of EU residents.

The UK GDPR was introduced to ensure that the UK continued to have strong data protection laws after its departure from the European Union. It came into effect on January 31, 2020, following the UK's exit from the EU. The UK GDPR includes many of the same principles and provisions as the EU GDPR, but it also has some specific provisions tailored to the UK's legal and regulatory framework.

Key aspects of the UK GDPR include:

  • -Data Protection Principles: Like the EU GDPR, the UK GDPR outlines key principles for the lawful processing of personal data. These principles include lawfulness, fairness, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimisation, accuracy, storage limitation, and integrity and confidentiality.

  • -Data Subject Rights: It grants individuals various rights over their personal data, such as the right to access, rectify, erase, and restrict the processing of their data. It also includes rights related to data portability and objecting to certain types of processing.

  • -Accountability and Governance: The UK GDPR places a strong emphasis on accountability and requires organisations to implement measures to demonstrate compliance. This includes appointing Data Protection Officers (DPOs) in certain cases and conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for high-risk data processing activities.

  • -Data Transfers: It provides mechanisms for the lawful transfer of personal data between the UK and other countries, including EU member states, through the use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and other safeguards.

  • -International Data Protection: The UK GDPR allows the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to cooperate with data protection authorities in other countries and participate in international discussions on data protection matters.

  • -Penalties and Enforcement: It includes provisions for the imposition of fines and penalties for non-compliance, with fines being determined based on the severity of the breach and the organisation's level of responsibility.

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