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In order to promote and disseminate knowledge about risk management for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the AEPD (Spanish Data Protection Authority) develops resources and tools to promote compliance with the RGPD, focusing attention on supporting SMEs and entrepreneurs.

Breaking news regarding accountability

Basic tools for accountability compliance

The AEPD has developed tools and help material to assist with compliance with general data protection regulation for small businesses, entrepreneurs and developers, and other types of controllers. This section lists those tools that are common to all types of processing. In the section "Guides, reports and technical notes" you can find specific material that extends their scope to specific treatments, technologies or controllers.

In any case, controllers and processors should not forget to verify that they comply with all the requirements and obligations that guarantee compliance with GDPR and national rules on data protection.

Risk management and Impact Assessment regarding Data Protection

The following resources support the obligation to carry out a risk analysis of personal data processing, and in case that is needed,  the obligation to carry out a data protection impact assessment:

There are more resources about risk management and DPIA in the main section: Risk management

Data Protection by Design and by Default

The following resources support the obligation to take into account, from the initial stages of definition and analysis of the processing, appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring, by design and by default, data protection principles implementation:

Personal Data Breach Management

The following resources support the obligation to implement incident recording and notification mechanisms in order to properly manage any possible breach.

Application sectors and technologies

In order to respond to sectors of activity or technologies that incorporate singularities in data processing, referenced is made below to resources of interest, both national and international, that can serve as support to comply with the principle of accountability. At this time, published materials and resources cover the following areas:

Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Tools

Artificial Intelligence and automated decisions

Due to the big use of the artificial intelligence in biometrics, in the following link you can find some very interesting information about Biometrics

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

Legal reports and communiqués

International recommendations and guidelines

Biometrics

Due to the big use of the artificial intelligence in biometrics, in the following link you can find some very interesting information about Artificial Intelligence and automated decisions

Guidelines and technical surveys

Post

International recommendations and guidelines

Blockchain

Posts 

International recommendations and guidelines

Covid-19 Pandemic

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Data protection by design and by default

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Data spaces, Cloud computing and Big data

Guidelines and technical surveys

Post

International recommendations and guidelines

Event

Encryption and privacy 

Guidelines and technical surveys

Tools

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Governance and data protection policies

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Internet and mobile systems

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Internet of Things (IoT) and Connected Systems

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Personal data breach and security

Guidelines and technical surveys

Tools

Templates and forms

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Protection of Minors on the Internet

Guidelines and technical surveys

Post

Videos

International recommendations and guidelines

Public Administrations

Guidelines and technical surveys

Templates and forms

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Risk management 

Guidelines and technical surveys

Tools

Templates and forms

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines

Telecommuting

Guidelines and technical surveys

Posts

International recommendations and guidelines