As part of its ongoing support of the SME sector, the DPC has pursued targeted engagement with sectoral SMEs in order to drive compliance and provided tailored advice on areas of difficulty.
Since the commencement of the ARC project, the DPC has engaged with numerous representative bodies and groups, in order to ensure that the learnings of the ARC project are targeted at the appropriate stakeholders. The representative bodies include:
- ISME
- IBEC
- SFA Ireland
- Compliance Institute (formerly the ACOI)
- Pembroke Privacy
- Castelbridge
- McCann Fitzgerald
- Arthur Cox Law
- Future of Privacy Forum
- The Irish Hotels Federation
- Local Enterprise Offices
- Local Chambers of Commerce
Due to the restrictions in place due to the Covid 19 pandemic, all of the DPC’s workshop engagement with SMEs and their representative bodies were hosted online.
Workshop topics include:
- Access requests;
- Records of Processing Activities;
- Creating a culture of Data Protection in the Workplace;
- Data Protection and Covid 19;
- Breaches and breach mitigations;
- Risk and harm; and
- Open questions sessions.
For information relating to upcoming workshops and how to register your attendance, please email the DPONetwork@dataprotection.ie. All workshops are free to attend, but registration is essential.
The schedule of GDPR workshops for the Croatian SMEs (all workshops are organized in the cooperation with the Croatian Employers' Association:
Workshops that have been conducted until now:
October 2020
6.10.2020. - for SMEs from Zagreb and Zagreb County
November 2020
16.11.2020. - for SMEs from Zagreb and Zagreb County
12.11.2020. - for SMEs from Osijek-Baranja County
13.11.2020. - for SMEs from Požega-Slavonija County
19.11.2020. - for SMEs from the health sector
20.11.2020. - for SMEs from the private security sector
December 2020
1.12.2020. – for SMEs from Karlovac-Lika County
8.12.2020. – for SMEs from Krapina-Zagorje County
January 2021
13.1.2021. – for SMEs form Virovitica-Podravina County and Vukovar-Srijem County
20.1.2021. – for SMEs from Zagreb County and the City of Zagreb
February 2021
3.2.2021. - for SMEs from Međimurje County
17.2.2021. – for SMEs from Bjelovar-Bilogora County
March 2021
3.3.2021. – for SMEs from Koprivnica-Krizevac County
17.3.2021. – for SMEs from Varaždin County
24.3.2021. – for SMEs from Zagreb County and the City of Zagreb
April 2021
14.4.2021. for SMEs from the private security sector
20.4.2021. for SMEs from Zadar county
28.4.2021. for SMEs from the tourism sector
May 2021
12.5.2021. for SMEs from the marketing sector
19.5.2021. for SMEs from the tourism sector
June 2021
16.6.2021. for SMEs from the private security sector
29.06.2021. organized with the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts
December 2021
9.1.2021. organized with the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts
16.1.2021. organized with the Croatian Employers' Association
February 2022
14.2. 2022. workshop "How to comply with the GDPR" organized in cooperation with the Croatian Employers' Association
March 2022
14.3.2022. workshop "Technical and organisational measures for personal data protection" organized in cooperation with the Croatian Employers' Association
29.03. 2022. Slavonski Brod. Mjesto: Velika vijećnica Brodsko-posavske županije, Petra Krešimira IV 1, Slavonski Brod
More information you can find: https://www.hup.hr/29032022-radionica-kako-uskladiti-poslovanje-s-opcom-uredbom-o-zastiti-podataka-gdpr-velika-vijecnica-brodsko-posavske-zupanije-petra-kresimira-iv-1-slavonski-brod-1100.aspx
30.03. 2022. Vukovar. Poslovno-inovacijski centar BIC Vukovar, Gospodarska zona 15, Vukovar
31.03. 2022. Osijek. Poduzetnički inkubator i akcelerator Antunovac, Gospodarska zona Antunovac 23, Antunovac
01.04. 2022. Virovitica. Poduzetnički inkubator Virovitica, Poduzetnička zona II 18, Virovitica
27.6.2022. Pula, organized in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Economy
5.7.2022. Varaždin, organized in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Economy
