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QUESTION 86
Which of the following entities would most likely be exempt from complying with the GDPR?

A South American company that regularly collects European customers’ personal data.

A company that stores all customer data in Australia and is headquartered in a European Union (EU) member state.

A Chinese company that has opened a satellite office in a European Union (EU) member state to service European customers.

A North American company servicing customers in South Africa that uses a cloud storage system made by a European company.

QUESTION 87
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
Jane Stan’s her new role as a Data Protection Officer (DPO) at a Malta-based company that allows anyone to buy and sell cryptocurrencies via its online platform. The company stores and processes the personal data of its customers in a dedicated data center located m Malta |EU).
People wishing to trade cryptocurrencies are required to open an online account on the platform. They then must successfully pass a KYC due diligence procedure aimed at preventing money laundering and ensuring compliance with applicable financial regulations.
The non-European customers are also required to waive all their GDPR rights by reading a disclaimer written in bold and belong a checkbox on a separate page in order to get their account approved on the platform.
The customers must likewise accept the terms of service of the platform. The terms of service also include a privacy policy section, saying, among other things, that if a What is potentially wrong with the backup system operated in the AWS cloud?

The AWS servers are located in the EU but in a country different than the location of the corporate headquarters.

It is unlawful to process any personal data in a cloud unless the cloud is certified as GOPR-compliant by a competent supervisory authority.

The data storage period has to be revised, and a data processing agreement w*h AWS must be signed

AWS is a U S company, and no personal data of European residents may be transferred to it without explicit written consent from data subjects.

QUESTION 88
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
Gentle Hedgehog Inc. is a privately owned website design agency incorporated in Italy. The company has numerous remote workers in different EU countries. Recently, the management of Gentle Hedgehog noticed a decrease in productivity of their sales team, especially among remote workers. As a result, the company plans to implement a robust but privacy-friendly remote surveillance system to prevent absenteeism, reward top performers, and ensure the best quality of customer service when sales people are interacting with customers.
Gentle Hedgehog eventually hires Sauron Eye Inc., a Chinese vendor of employee surveillance software whose European headquarters is in Germany. Sauron Eye’s software provides powerful remote-monitoring capabilities, including 24/7 access to computer cameras and microphones, screen captures, emails, website history, and keystrokes. Any device can be remotely monitored from a central server that is securely installed at Gentle Hedgehog headquarters. The monitoring is invisible by default; however, a so-called Transparent Mode, which regularly and conspicuously notifies all users about the monitoring and its precise scope, also exists. Additionally, the monitored employees are required to use a built-in verification technology involving facial recognition each time they log in.
All monitoring data, including the facial recognition data, is securely stored in Microsoft Azure cloud servers operated by Sauron Eye, which are physically located in France.
Under what condition could the surveillance system be used on the personal devices of employees?

Only if the monitoring system is manufactured by a European vendor storing the monitoring data within the EU.

Only if the employees give valid consent and the monitoring is narrowly limited to their professional tasks.

Only if the cloud that stores the monitoring data is certified by the EDPB as GDPR compliant.

Only if the employer offers an adequate compensation for using the employee’s devices.

QUESTION 89
Which area of privacy is a lead supervisory authority’s (LSA) MAIN concern?

Data subject rights

Data access disputes

Cross-border processing

Special categories of data

QUESTION 90
According to the E-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC, where is the place of “establishment” for a company providing services via an Internet website confirmed by the GDPR?

Where the technology supporting the website is located

Where the website is accessed

Where the decisions about processing are made

Where the customer’s Internet service provider is located

QUESTION 91
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
Joe started the Gummy Bear Company in 2000 from his home in Vermont, USA. Today, it is a multi-billion-dollar candy company operating in every continent. All of the company’s IT servers are located in Vermont. This year Joe hires his son Ben to join the company and head up Project Big, which is a major marketing strategy to triple gross revenue in just 5 years. Ben graduated with a PhD in computer software from a top university. Ben decided to join his father’s company, but is also secretly working on launching a new global online dating website company called Ben Knows Best.
Ben is aware that the Gummy Bear Company has millions of customers and believes that many of them might also be interested in finding their perfect match. For Project Big, Ben redesigns the company’s online web portal and requires customers in the European Union and elsewhere to provide additional personal information in order to remain a customer. Project Ben begins collecting data about customers’ philosophical beliefs, political opinions and marital status.
If a customer identifies as single, Ben then copies all of that customer’s personal data onto a separate database for Ben Knows Best. Ben believes that he is not doing anything wrong, because he explicitly asks each customer to give their consent by requiring them to check a box before accepting their information. As Project Big is an important project, the company also hires a first year college student named Sam, who is studying computer science to help Ben out.
Ben calls out and Sam comes across the Ben Knows Best database. Sam is planning on going to Ireland over Spring Beak with 10 of his friends, so he copies all of the customer information of people that reside in Ireland so that he and his friends can contact people when they are in Ireland.
Joe also hires his best friend’s daughter, Alice, who just graduated from law school in the U.S., to be the company’s new General Counsel. Alice has heard about the GDPR, so she does some research on it. Alice approaches Joe and informs him that she has drafted up Binding Corporate Rules for everyone in the company to follow, as it is important for the company to have in place a legal mechanism to transfer data internally from the company’s operations in the European Union to the U.S.
Joe believes that Alice is doing a great job, and informs her that she will also be in-charge of handling a major lawsuit that has been brought against the company in federal court in the U.S. To prepare for the lawsuit, Alice instructs the company’s IT department to make copies of the computer hard drives from the entire global sales team, including the European Union, and send everything to her so that she can review everyone’s information. Alice believes that Joe will be happy that she did the first level review, as it will save the company a lot of money that would otherwise be paid to its outside law firm.
Ben’s collection of additional data from customers created several potential issues for the company, which would most likely require what?

New corporate governance and code of conduct.

A data protection impact assessment.

A comprehensive data inventory.

Hiring a data protection officer.

QUESTION 92
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
Due to rapidly expanding workforce, Company A has decided to outsource its payroll function to Company B. Company B is an established payroll service provider with a sizable client base and a solid reputation in the industry.
Company B’s payroll solution for Company A relies on the collection of time and attendance data obtained via a biometric entry system installed in each of Company A’s factories. Company B won’t hold any biometric data itself, but the related data will be uploaded to Company B’s UK servers and used to provide the payroll service. Company B’s live systems will contain the following information for each of Company A’s employees:
Name
Address
Date of Birth
Payroll number
National Insurance number
Sick pay entitlement
Maternity/paternity pay entitlement
Holiday entitlement
Pension and benefits contributions
Trade union contributions
Jenny is the compliance officer at Company A.
She first considers whether Company A needs to carry out a data protection impact assessment in relation to the new time and attendance system, but isn’t sure whether or not this is required.
Jenny does know, however, that under the GDPR there must be a formal written agreement requiring Company B to use the time and attendance data only for the purpose of providing the payroll service, and to apply appropriate technical and organizational security measures for safeguarding the data. Jenny suggests that Company B obtain advice from its data protection officer. The company doesn’t have a DPO but agrees, in the interest of finalizing the contract, to sign up for the provisions in full. Company A enters into the contract.
Weeks later, while still under contract with Company A, Company B embarks upon a separate project meant to enhance the functionality of its payroll service, and engages Company C to help. Company C agrees to extract all personal data from Company B’s live systems in order to create a new database for Company B.
This database will be stored in a test environment hosted on Company C’s U.S. server. The two companies agree not to include any data processing provisions in their services agreement, as data is only being used for IT testing purposes.
Unfortunately, Company C’s U.S. server is only protected by an outdated IT security system, and suffers a cyber security incident soon after Company C begins work on the project. As a result, data relating to Company A’s employees is visible to anyone visiting Company C’s website. Company A is unaware of this until Jenny receives a letter from the supervisory authority in connection with the investigation that ensues. As soon as Jenny is made aware of the breach, she notifies all affected employees.
The GDPR requires sufficient guarantees of a company’s ability to implement adequate technical and organizational measures. What would be the most realistic way that Company B could have fulfilled this requirement?

Hiring companies whose measures are consistent with recommendations of accrediting bodies.

Requesting advice and technical support from Company A’s IT team.

Avoiding the use of another company’s data to improve their own services.

Vetting companies’ measures with the appropriate supervisory authority.

QUESTION 93
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
Zandelay Fashion (‘Zandelay’) is a successful international online clothing retailer that employs approximately 650 people at its headquarters based in Dublin, Ireland. Martin is their recently appointed data protection officer, who oversees the company’s compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy legislation.
The company offers both male and female clothing lines across all age demographics, including children. In doing so, the company processes large amounts of information about such customers, including preferences and sensitive financial information such as credit card and bank account numbers.
In an aggressive bid to build revenue growth, Jerry, the CEO, tells Martin that the company is launching a new mobile app and loyalty scheme that puts significant emphasis on profiling the company’s customers by analyzing their purchases. Martin tells the CEO that: (a) the potential risks of such activities means that Zandelay needs to carry out a data protection impact assessment to assess this new venture and its privacy implications; and (b) where the results of this assessment indicate a high risk in the absence of appropriate protection measures. Zandelay may have to undertake a prior consultation with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner before implementing the app and loyalty scheme.
Jerry tells Martin that he is not happy about the prospect of having to directly engage with a supervisory authority and having to disclose details of Zandelay’s business plan and associated processing activities.
What must Zandelay provide to the supervisory authority during the prior consultation?

An evaluation of the complexity of the intended processing.

An explanation of the purposes and means of the intended processing.

Records showing that customers have explicitly consented to the intended profiling activities.

Certificates that prove Martin’s professional qualities and expert knowledge of data protection law.

According to Article 36 of the GDPR, when a controller intends to process personal data that would result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, and a data protection impact assessment under Article 35 indicates that the risk cannot be mitigated by the controller, the controller must consult the supervisory authority before processing. The purpose of this prior consultation is to seek the advice of the supervisory authority on whether the processing complies with the GDPR and what measures can be taken to ensure compliance. During the prior consultation, the controller must provide the supervisory authority with the following information:
* the respective responsibilities of the controller, joint controllers and processors involved in the processing, in particular for processing within a group of undertakings;
* the purposes and means of the intended processing;
* the measures and safeguards provided to protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects pursuant to the GDPR;
* the contact details of the data protection officer, if any;
* the data protection impact assessment provided for in Article 35; and
* any other information requested by the supervisory authority.
Therefore, the correct answer is B. An explanation of the purposes and means of the intended processing. This information is essential for the supervisory authority to understand the nature and scope of the processing and to assess its compliance with the GDPR. The other options are not required by Article 36, although they may be relevant for other aspects of the GDPR, such as the data protection by design and by default principle (A), the lawfulness of processing , or the designation of the data protection officer (D). References:
* Article 36 of the GDPR, which regulates the prior consultation with the supervisory authority.
* ICO guidance, which explains the process and requirements of the prior consultation.
* EDPB guidelines, which provide further guidance on the criteria and procedure of the prior consultation.

QUESTION 94
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
Sandy recently joined Market4U, an advertising technology company founded in 2016, as their VP of Privacy and Data Governance. Through her first initiative in conducting a data inventory, Sandy learned that Market4U maintains a list of 19 million global contacts that were collected throughout the course of Market4U’s existence. Knowing the risk of having such a large amount of data, Sandy wanted to purge all contacts that were entered into Market4U’s systems prior to May 2018, unless such contacts had a more recent interaction with Market4U content. However, Dan, the VP of Sales, informed Sandy that all of the contacts provide useful information regarding successful marketing campaigns and trends in industry verticals for Market4U’s clients.
Dan also informed Sandy that he had wanted to focus on gaining more customers within the sports and entertainment industry. To assist with this behavior, Market4U’s marketing team decided to add several new fields to Market4U’s website forms, including forms for downloading white papers, creating accounts to participate in Market4U’s forum, and attending events. Such fields include birth date and salary.
What is the best way that Sandy can gain the insights that Dan seeks while still minimizing risks for Market4U?

Conduct analysis only on anonymized personal data.

Conduct analysis only on pseudonymized personal data.

Delete all data collected prior to May 2018 after conducting the trend analysis.

Procure a third party to conduct the analysis and delete the data from Market4U’s systems.

QUESTION 95
What must be included in a written agreement between the controller and processor in relation to processing conducted on the controller’s behalf?

An obligation on the processor to report any personal data breach to the controller within 72 hours.

An obligation on both parties to report any serious personal data breach to the supervisory authority.

An obligation on both parties to agree to a termination of the agreement if the other party is responsible for a personal data breach.

An obligation on the processor to assist the controller in complying with the controller’s obligations to notify the supervisory authority about personal data breaches.

QUESTION 96
How is the retention of communications traffic data for law enforcement purposes addressed by European data protection law?

The ePrivacy Directive allows individual EU member states to engage in such data retention.

The ePrivacy Directive harmonizes EU member states’ rules concerning such data retention.

The Data Retention Directive’s annulment makes such data retention now permissible.

The GDPR allows the retention of such data for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences only.

QUESTION 97
The GDPR’s list of processor obligations regarding cloud computing includes all of the following EXCEPT?

Controllers must be given notice of any subprocessors and have a right of objection.

Individuals authorized to process the personal data are subject to an obligation of confidentiality.

Any personal data related to data subjects must be securely maintained for a maximum of ten years.

Processors must implement technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduces several obligations for processors who process personal data on behalf of controllers. These obligations apply to any processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the EU, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the EU or not. The GDPR also applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the EU by a controller or processor not established in the EU, where the processing activities are related to the offering of goods or services to data subjects in the EU or the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the EU.
The GDPR’s list of processor obligations regarding cloud computing includes all of the following:
Controllers must be given notice of any subprocessors and have a right of objection. According to Article 28 of the GDPR, a processor shall not engage another processor without prior specific or general written authorisation of the controller. In the case of general written authorisation, the processor shall inform the controller of any intended changes concerning the addition or replacement of other processors, thereby giving the controller the opportunity to object to such changes.
Individuals authorized to process the personal data are subject to an obligation of confidentiality. According to Article 28 of the GDPR, the processor shall ensure that persons authorised to process the personal data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
Processors must implement technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. According to Article 32 of the GDPR, the processor shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
The GDPR’s list of processor obligations regarding cloud computing does not include the following:
Any personal data related to data subjects must be securely maintained for a maximum of ten years. The GDPR does not specify a precise time limit for the storage of personal data, but leaves it to the controller to determine the appropriate retention period, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing, as well as the risks for the rights and freedoms of data subjects. The GDPR also allows for the further storage of personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, subject to appropriate safeguards. Therefore, the processor must follow the instructions of the controller regarding the storage duration of the personal data, and delete or return the personal data to the controller after the end of the provision of services relating to the processing, unless required to store the personal data by Union or Member State law.
Reference:
GDPR, Articles 3, 4, 28, 29, 32, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68.
EDPB Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR, pages 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28.
Cloud Computing and GDPR: what you need to know | Combell, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
GDPR Processor Obligations – Taylor Wessing, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

QUESTION 98
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
T-Craze, a German-headquartered specialty t-shirt company, was successfully selling to large German metropolitan cities. However, after a recent merger with another German-based company that was selling to a broader European market, T-Craze revamped its marketing efforts to sell to a wider audience. These efforts included a complete redesign of its logo to reflect the recent merger, and improvements to its website meant to capture more information about visitors through the use of cookies.
T-Craze also opened various office locations throughout Europe to help expand its business. While Germany continued to host T-Craze’s headquarters and main product-design office, its French affiliate became responsible for all marketing and sales activities. The French affiliate recently procured the services of Right Target, a renowned marketing firm based in the Philippines, to run its latest marketing campaign. After thorough research, Right Target determined that T-Craze is most successful with customers between the ages of 18 and 22. Thus, its first campaign targeted university students in several European capitals, which yielded nearly 40% new customers for T-Craze in one quarter. Right Target also ran subsequent campaigns for T- Craze, though with much less success.
The last two campaigns included a wider demographic group and resulted in countless unsubscribe requests, including a large number in Spain. In fact, the Spanish data protection authority received a complaint from Sofia, a mid-career investment banker. Sofia was upset after receiving a marketing communication even after unsubscribing from such communications from the Right Target on behalf of T-Craze.
Why does the Spanish supervisory authority notify the French supervisory authority when it opens an investigation into T-Craze based on Sofia’s complaint?

T-Craze has a French affiliate.

The French affiliate procured the services of Right Target.

T-Craze conducts its marketing and sales activities in France.

The Spanish supervisory authority is providing a courtesy notification not required under the GDPR.

QUESTION 99
What term BEST describes the European model for data protection?

Sectoral

Self-regulatory

Market-based

Comprehensive

QUESTION 100
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
TripBliss Inc. is a travel service company which has lost substantial revenue over the last few years. Their new manager, Oliver, suspects that this is partly due to the company’s outdated website. After doing some research, he meets with a sales representative from the up-and-coming IT company Techiva, hoping that they can design a new, cutting-edge website for TripBliss Inc.’s foundering business.
During negotiations, a Techiva representative describes a plan for gathering more customer information through detailed Questionaires, which could be used to tailor their preferences to specific travel destinations. TripBliss Inc. can choose any number of data categories – age, income, ethnicity – that would help them best accomplish their goals. Oliver loves this idea, but would also like to have some way of gauging how successful this approach is, especially since the Questionaires will require customers to provide explicit consent to having their data collected. The Techiva representative suggests that they also run a program to analyze the new website’s traffic, in order to get a better understanding of how customers are using it. He explains his plan to place a number of cookies on customer devices. The cookies will allow the company to collect IP addresses and other information, such as the sites from which the customers came, how much time they spend on the TripBliss Inc. website, and which pages on the site they visit. All of this information will be compiled in log files, which Techiva will analyze by means of a special program. TripBliss Inc. would receive aggregate statistics to help them evaluate the website’s effectiveness. Oliver enthusiastically engages Techiva for these services.
Techiva assigns the analytics portion of the project to longtime account manager Leon Santos. As is standard practice, Leon is given administrator rights to TripBliss Inc.’s website, and can authorize access to the log files gathered from it. Unfortunately for TripBliss Inc., however, Leon is taking on this new project at a time when his dissatisfaction with Techiva is at a high point. In order to take revenge for what he feels has been unfair treatment at the hands of the company, Leon asks his friend Fred, a hobby hacker, for help. Together they come up with the following plan: Fred will hack into Techiva’s system and copy their log files onto a USB stick. Despite his initial intention to send the USB to the press and to the data protection authority in order to denounce Techiva, Leon experiences a crisis of conscience and ends up reconsidering his plan. He decides instead to securely wipe all the data from the USB stick and inform his manager that the company’s system of access control must be reconsidered.
With regard to TripBliss Inc.’s use of website cookies, which of the following statements is correct?

Because not all of the cookies are strictly necessary to enable the use of a service requested from TripBliss Inc., consent requirements apply to their use of cookies.

Because of the categories of data involved, explicit consent for the use of cookies must be obtained separately from customers.

Because Techiva will receive only aggregate statistics of data collected from the cookies, no additional consent is necessary.

Because the use of cookies involves the potential for location tracking, explicit consent must be obtained from customers.

According to the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), the use of cookies or similar devices that store or access information on the user’s device requires the user’s consent, unless the cookie is strictly necessary to enable the use of a service requested by the user. For example, a cookie that remembers the items in a shopping cart does not require consent, but a cookie that tracks the user’s browsing behavior for analytics or advertising purposes does. The consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, and can be obtained through appropriate settings of the browser or other application. The consent must also be separate from other consents, such as the consent to the processing of personal data. The categories of data involved or the recipients of the data do not affect the consent requirement for the use of cookies. The consent must also be obtained before the cookie is placed or accessed, unless the cookie is exempted. Therefore, option A is correct.
Option B is incorrect because explicit consent is not required for the use of cookies, unless the cookie also involves the processing of special categories of personal data under the GDPR. However, in this scenario, there is no indication that the cookies collect or process such data. Therefore, option B is incorrect.
Option C is incorrect because the consent requirement for the use of cookies does not depend on the recipients of the data or the level of aggregation of the data. The consent must be obtained from the user whose device is accessed or stored by the cookie, regardless of who receives the data or how it is processed. Therefore, option C is incorrect.
Option D is incorrect because the consent requirement for the use of cookies does not depend on the potential for location tracking. The consent must be obtained for any cookie that is not strictly necessary to enable the use of a service requested by the user, regardless of the type or purpose of the cookie. Therefore, option D is incorrect.
Reference:
ePrivacy Directive, Article 5(3)
GDPR, Article 4(11), Article 7, Article 9
CIPP/E Study Guide, Chapter 5, Section 5.2.2

QUESTION 101
SCENARIO
Please use the following to answer the next question:
TripBliss Inc. is a travel service company which has lost substantial revenue over the last few years. Their new manager, Oliver, suspects that this is partly due to the company’s outdated website. After doing some research, he meets with a sales representative from the up-and-coming IT company Techiva, hoping that they can design a new, cutting-edge website for TripBliss Inc.’s foundering business.
During negotiations, a Techiva representative describes a plan for gathering more customer information through detailed Questionaires, which could be used to tailor their preferences to specific travel destinations. TripBliss Inc. can choose any number of data categories – age, income, ethnicity – that would help them best accomplish their goals. Oliver loves this idea, but would also like to have some way of gauging how successful this approach is, especially since the Questionaires will require customers to provide explicit consent to having their data collected. The Techiva representative suggests that they also run a program to analyze the new website’s traffic, in order to get a better understanding of how customers are using it. He explains his plan to place a number of cookies on customer devices. The cookies will allow the company to collect IP addresses and other information, such as the sites from which the customers came, how much time they spend on the TripBliss Inc. website, and which pages on the site they visit. All of this information will be compiled in log files, which Techiva will analyze by means of a special program. TripBliss Inc. would receive aggregate statistics to help them evaluate the website’s effectiveness. Oliver enthusiastically engages Techiva for these services.
Techiva assigns the analytics portion of the project to longtime account manager Leon Santos. As is standard practice, Leon is given administrator rights to TripBliss Inc.’s website, and can authorize access to the log files gathered from it. Unfortunately for TripBliss Inc., however, Leon is taking on this new project at a time when his dissatisfaction with Techiva is at a high point. In order to take revenge for what he feels has been unfair treatment at the hands of the company, Leon asks his friend Fred, a hobby hacker, for help. Together they come up with the following plan: Fred will hack into Techiva’s system and copy their log files onto a USB stick. Despite his initial intention to send the USB to the press and to the data protection authority in order to denounce Techiva, Leon experiences a crisis of conscience and ends up reconsidering his plan. He decides instead to securely wipe all the data from the USB stick and inform his manager that the company’s system of access control must be reconsidered.
If TripBliss Inc. decides not to report the incident to the supervisory authority, what would be their BEST defense?

The resulting obligation to notify data subjects would involve disproportionate effort.

The incident resulted from the actions of a third-party that were beyond their control.

The destruction of the stolen data makes any risk to the affected data subjects unlikely.

The sensitivity of the categories of data involved in the incident was not substantial enough.

QUESTION 102
Pursuant to Article 17 and EDPB Guidelines S’2019 on RTBF criteria in search engines cases, all of the following would be valid grounds for data subject delisting requests EXCEPT?

The personal dale has been collected in relation to the offer of Information society services (ISS) to a child.

The data subject withdraws consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

The personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the search engine provider’s processing

The processing s necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information

QUESTION 103
The transparency principle is most directly related to which of the following rights?

Right to object

Right to be informed.

Right to be forgotten.

Right to restriction of processing.

QUESTION 104
Which GDPR principle would a Spanish employer most likely depend upon to annually send the personal data of its employees to the national tax authority?

The consent of the employees.

The legal obligation of the employer.

The legitimate interest of the public administration.

The protection of the vital interest of the employees.

According to Article 6 of the GDPR, the processing of personal data is only lawful if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies:
* the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes;
* processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
* processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
* processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
* processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
* processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
In this case, the Spanish employer would most likely depend on the legal obligation of the employer as the lawful basis for sending the personal data of its employees to the national tax authority. This is because the employer is subject to the tax laws and regulations of Spain, which require the employer to report the income and deductions of its employees to the tax authority on an annual basis. The employer must comply with this legal obligation, and the processing of the employees’ personal data is necessary for this purpose. The employer does not need to obtain the consent of the employees, as consent is not a valid basis for processing personal data where there is a clear imbalance between the data subject and the controller, such as in the context of employment. The employer also does not need to rely on the legitimate interest of the public administration, as this is not a specific purpose for which the employer is processing the personal data, but rather a general interest that may be served by the tax authority. The employer also does not need to invoke the protection of the vital interest of the employees, as this basis only applies in situations where the processing is necessary to protect someone’s life, such as in a medical emergency. References: Article 6 GDPR – Lawfulness of processing – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Lawful basis for processing
| ICO, Legal obligation as a lawful basis for processing personal data under the GDPR, [Consent in the employment context | ICO], [Vital interests | ICO] Reference: https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2020/03/25/spanish-dpa-publishes-report-on-data- processing- activities-in-relation-to-covid-19/

QUESTION 105
Which institution has the power to adopt findings that confirm the adequacy of the data protection level in a non-EU country?

The European Parliament

The European Commission

The Article 29 Working Party

The European Council

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