Alongside with the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter GDPR), a new occupation appeared at the level of the European Union, namely the Data Protection Officer (DPO). Gradually, the member states of the European Union (in which the GDPR is fully applicable), have added the DPO occupation in their own dedicated nomenclatures. In Romania’s case, the DPO occupation was added to the Classific...

The processing of biometric data resulting from the illegal surveillance of employees at work is certainly one of the most common practices of operators, and the violation of the provisions established by art. 5 para. (1) lit. a) reported to art. 6 para. (1) of the General Data Protection Regulation must be strongly sanctioned. A last paradigmatic case is that of the operator Glove Technology SRL, a company specialized in consulting serv...

Especially in the electoral periods a question is being increasingly put forward. This question consists of whether, after the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation, the political parties would still have the opportunity to process personal data included in the Electoral Register, and, if met with an affirmative answer, then how do the special norms, included in the electoral legislation, impact the principles intro...

The importance of the virtual communities’ privacy and security issues has been highlighted by the rapid development of online social networks. This article presents a short history of the off-line and on-line communities, a part of the multiple threats currently plaguing the virtual world and some recommendations and countermeasures to avoid such problems. New generations of users are impatient in publishing their personal inform...

Work relationships are ubiquitous in the lives of any of us, especially since these relations actually cover any kind of relationship with a worker and even a service provider. Human resources departments are the most affected, actually or only potentially, by the General Data Protection Regulation („GDPR”). From modification of the job description to cases related to GDPR many issues relate to human resources management. Data processin...

The study entails an evaluation of a hyphotesis regarding the procurement of a device which automated countered work hours for employees, started from the conditions resulting from privacy by default and privacy by design principle provided by General Data Protection Regulation. Also, in the study are issued some key question in this field. ...

The study presents a perspective regarding the positive consequences of aplying the GDPR on phenomenon of fake news and fake informations, such as establishing a new mechanisem for engaging the reponsibility of those that promote, elaborate or supply so-called fake-news.