GDPR Worksop for ICT

From October 11 – 13, 2017 AmCham, in cooperation with the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP), organized a series of Expert level consultations on the implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The implementation date for GDPR is May 25, 2018. There are a number of uncertainties companies face in regards to storing and sharing personal data and overall compliance when it comes to GDPR provisions. The consultations were mutually beneficial for both AmCham’s member companies to be able to clarify uncertainties and for AZOP to be able to identify main obstacles business community is faced with. The consultations were intended for Compliance/Data Protection Officers or Legal experts in charge or actively working on the implementation of the GDPR in their companies. Overall, 64 participants attended the expert level consultations.

As requested by the members of AmCham’s Data Protection Task Force, the consultations were divided in sectors covering Finance, Information and Communications Technology and Health Care.

Attendees representing ICT companies had a number of sector specific questions such as data protection of clients in connection to loyalty programs of telecommunication operators. Discussions included universal issues regardless of sector of origin including consent, Data Protection Officer (DPO), data portability and sharing data with third countries, competences of parent and daughter companies or compatibility of GDPR with the national legislation.

AmCham and AZOP agreed to continue future cooperation. AmCham is planning to get engaged in public consultations on the Data Protection Act planed for Q1 2018.