Voluntary, regulator-approved schemes — sector-specific codes of conduct, or certification seals for a particular product or service — that help an organisation demonstrate GDPR compliance (Articles 40, 42).
The European Commission’s adequacy decision of July 2023 that allows personal data to flow to self-certified US organisations without extra safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses. It replaced the invalidated Privacy Shield (Article 45).
The right of individuals to complain to a supervisory authority — in Cyprus, the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection — if they believe their personal data has been processed unlawfully (Article 77).
An internal policy setting out how long each type of personal data is kept and when it is deleted or anonymised, putting the storage limitation principle into day-to-day practice (Article 5(1)(e)).
A lawful basis that allows a public authority or body to process personal data where it is necessary to carry out an official function or a task in the public interest set out in law (Article 6(1)(e)).
The automated collection of publicly posted personal data, often to train AI models. The EDPB has confirmed this is still processing under GDPR and needs a valid lawful basis — publicly available does not mean fair game (EDPB Opinion 28/2024).