Conference organiser

What happened

According to the Belgian DPA, a US-based controller whose activity includes the organisation of conferences in Europe is subject to the GDPR and must, among other obligations, appoint a representative.

Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Rules involved

• Art. 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject12(3) · 12(4)Read →
• Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subjectRead →
• Art. 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subjectRead →
• Art. 17Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)17(1)Read →
• Art. 27Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union27(3)Read →

• Data subject rights
• Transparency