General Data Protection Regulation

On May 25, 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter referred to as the GDPR, approved by Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, of April 27, came into force. This regulation established rules regarding the protection of natural persons with respect to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.

The GDPR introduces a set of new rules, namely the obligation to appoint a data protection officer, changes to consent requirements, the elimination of notifications and authorizations, the implementation of the right to be forgotten, the introduction of very high fines, and information obligations regarding security breaches.

Thus, under paragraph a) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 6 of Article 37 of the GDPR, the Vice Presidency of the Regional Government appointed Raquel Cordeiro de Amaral Câmara, Senior Technician at the Regional Directorate of European Affairs and External Cooperation, as the Data Protection Officer, for her recognized professional qualities and necessary skills to perform the inherent duties.

Contacts

Data Protection Officer: Raquel Cordeiro de Amaral Câmara

Address: Rua Conselheiro Luís Bettencourt, n.º 16 9500-058 Ponta Delgada

Phone: (+351) 296 204 823

Email: [email protected]

Rights of the Data Subject

• Right of Access: The right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data relating to the User is being processed, and if so, the right to access the personal data and certain information.reito de aceder aos seus dados pessoais e a determinadas informações.
• Right of Rectification: The right to rectify inaccurate personal data concerning the User or to request that incomplete personal data be completed.
• Right to Erasure: The right to obtain the erasure of personal data without undue delay, provided that there are no valid grounds for retaining it, such as cases where data must be retained to comply with a legal obligation or because a legal process is ongoing.
• Right to Restriction of Processing: The right to request the restriction of processing of personal data, in the form of suspension of processing or limitation of the scope of processing to certain categories of data or processing purposes, as per Article 18 of the GDPR.
• Right to Data Portability: The right to receive personal data concerning the User that has been provided in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and/or the right to have those data transmitted to another data controller.
• Right to Object: The right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning the user, provided that there are o legitimate reasons for such processing that prevail over the interests, rights and freedoms of the user, or for the pruposes of declaring, exercising or defending a right in legal proceedings.