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The “GDPR in Your Pocket” mobile app created under the SMEDATA project was honored in the “Public Administration” category at the annual awards of the Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies (BAIT). The event was held on 25 February 2020 in Sofia under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev. The idea of the awards is to pay tribute to all the individuals, institutions and organizations that have been contributing to the information and communication technologies… Continue Reading The “GDPR in Your Pocket” mobile app was awarded by BAIT Awards for 2019

Existing trackers for crash management and analytics of Microsoft appcenter have been removed from the “GDPR in Your Pocket” mobile application and are not further installed on user’s device, announced today an official representative of APIS Europe JSC. The company is the responsible SMEDATA project partner for the development and maintenance of the mobile app. According to Mr. Hristo Konstantinov, managing director of APIS Europe, the two trackers were used for tracking errors, bug fixing and usage analysis during the… Continue Reading Removal of trackers installed by the Mobile app and third-party cookies on the SMEDATA website

On January 28, Europe and many other countries in the world celebrate the Personal Data Protection Day, which marks the 39th anniversary of the entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention 108/1981 on the Protection of Individuals in the automatic processing of their personal data. In this regard, the Commission for personal data protection of Republic of Bulgaria (CPDP) presented the final version of the mobile application “GDPR in your pocket”, developed under the international SMEDATA project. The… Continue Reading The final version of “GDPR in Your Pocket” mobile app was released on the Personal Data Protection Day

On January 28th 2020, EU countries will celebrate the European Data Protection Day for the 14th time, marking 39 years since the entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention 108/1981 on the Protection of Individuals in the automatic processing of their personal data. National data protection authorities partners to the SMEDATA project – Commission for personal data protection of Republic of Bulgaria and the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) will organize a… Continue Reading 28th of January, Personal Data Protection day

The international conference held on November 29, 2019 within the SMEDATA project has aroused the interest of small and medium-sized enterprises and data protection professionals.The event brought together representatives from data protection supervisors, businesses, NGOs and academia. The various technological, organizational and legal aspects to ensure the security of personal data were discussed. Many practical solutions to the problems have also been proposed.You can see the full conference record here.Speakers’ presentations are now available on the project site – here.

On November 29, 2019, at 9.00, an international conference “SME Challenges and GDPR” will be held at the Grand Salon of the Union of Bulgarian Jurists (SUB) at 7 Pirotska St. in Sofia. The event is organised within the framework of the SMEDATA Project, in partnership with the Commission for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Bulgaria, APIS Europe JSC, The Union of Bulgarian Jurists, Ernst & Young Bulgaria, European Women Lawyers Association – Bulgaria, the Italian Data Protection… Continue Reading SME Challenges and GDPR – International Conference under the SMEDATA Project

The beta version of the SMEDATA mobile app “GDPR in Your Pocket” was released on 26 September 2019. The application can be freely downloaded from the app stores of Google (for Android devices) and Apple (for iOS devices) by using the following links: Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ApisEurope.SmeData.Mobile Apple App Store https://apps.apple.com/tc/app/gdpr-in-your-pocket/id1474950057 The purpose of the mobile app is to introduce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to citizens and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand way,… Continue Reading The beta version of the SMEDATA mobile application is now available for free download

In connection with the implementation of the SMEDATA project, 24 training events in Bulgaria and Italy are forthcoming. They will be held in 8 cities in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Vratsa, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo), and in 6 cities in Italy (Florence, Salerno, Milan, Cosenza, Genoa, Rome). Their aim is to raise awareness among small and medium-sized business representatives, as well as lawyers working with small and medium-sized businesses, regarding the new legal framework for personal data protection. It… Continue Reading Training for representatives of SMEs, as well as for lawyers in the field of personal data protection

The SMEDATA Project published two reports summarising the finding from the conducted surveys on GDPR compliance by SMEs. The first report (Project Deliverable 2.2) provides an extensive assessment of the training and awareness raising needs of both project target groups, SMEs and legal professionals, whereas the second report (Project Deliverable 3.1) elaborates on the received feedback in connection with the planned development of a self-assessment and awareness tool. Project Deliverable 2.2 sets the framework and common starting point for the… Continue Reading SMEDATA Project published reports on the conducted surveys on GDPR compliance by SMEs