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Code of Conduct

Codes of conduct are voluntary accountability tools that set out specific rules for the protection of personal data for certain categories of data controllers and processors.

Cookie

A cookie is a text file that is deposited by the provider of a website on the computer, telephone or other terminal of the user of a site or application, allowing the collection of information relating to the latter and his interaction with the site or application, and in particular personal data.

Class Action

(class action) In order to enforce its personal data protection provisions and to the extent that data breaches typically affect multiple data subjects, the GDPR (Regulation 2016/679) introduces the possibility of conducting group actions.

Commercial prospecting

The concept of commercial prospecting refers to the sending of any message intended to promote, directly or indirectly, goods, services or the image of a person selling goods or providing services.

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Data Protection Officer

(Data Protection Officer) The Data Protection Officer is at the heart of the compliance framework enshrined in the GDPR and facilitates organizations’ compliance with its provisions.

Data protection by default and by design

(Data protection by default and design) Privacy by design and by default” is part of the accountability principle to which the data controller is subject.

Data Protection Act

The law n°78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms, known as the “data processing and freedoms law” is the reference text regulating the protection of personal data in France.

Data Protection Impact Assessment – DPIA

(Data privacy impact assesment) The personal data protection impact assessment is the evaluation of the risks for the rights and freedoms of individuals that may be generated by a personal data processing operation.

Data base

A database is a collection of works, data or other elements arranged in a systematic and methodical way. These are individually accessible by electronic and other means.

Data minimization

The minimization principle is one of the six core principles of the GDPR.

Data processing

Processing of personal data is any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by means of automated processes.

Data transfer

The notion of data transfer refers more specifically to the transfer of personal data outside the European Union.

Data breach

A personal data breach is a breach of security that results in the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data that is transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.

Domain name

The domain name is a textual address assigned to an IP address, allowing an Internet user to access a particular website.