Results

Deliverables

Workpackage 1

D1.4 Composition of Advisory Board

D1.5 Final, wrap-up meeting

Workpackage 2

D2.1 DPAs’ efforts to raise awareness among SMEs

D2.2 SMEs’ experience with the GDPR

D2.3 A report from the first Validation Workshop (Dublin)

Workpackage 3

D3.1 Report on the awareness-raising campaign

D3.2 Report on the hotline

D3.3 Report on the statistics and efficiency of the hotline

Workpackage 4

D4.1 Draft versions of the guidance & handbook

D4.2 Second validation workshop (Brussels)

D4.3.A Finalised guidance for DPAs

D4.3.B Handbook for SMEs (Hungarian version)

Workpackage 5

D5.2 Journal article

D5.3 Press releases

D5.4 Trade press articles

D5.5 Bi-monthly newsletter

Our blog posts

SupporT small And medium enterprises on the data protection Reform II — STAR II 2019-2020

Helping SMEs better cope with the GDPR

Helping SMEs better cope with the GDPR
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As part of the STAR II project, TRI has been working on better understanding how small and medium enterprises...
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Welcoming feedback on Guidance for DPAs on good practices to run hotlines for SMEs and the Handbook on European data protection law for SMEs

Welcoming feedback on Guidance for DPAs on good practices to run hotlines for SMEs and the Handbook on European data protection law for SMEs
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The main purpose of this workshop is to receive feedback on the two documents. Our event will be highly interactive, and we will provide participants and speakers with the opportunity to exchange and to voice their thoughts on the Guidance and the Handbook.
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What are the challenges that SMEs are facing in complying with the GDPR? A view from the field

What are the challenges that SMEs are facing in complying with the GDPR? A view from the field
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Since the GDPR came into force in May 2018, organisations of all sizes have been grappling with...
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The GDPR: A business imperative

The GDPR: A business imperative
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In this article, we look at what it means to be GDPR compliant and the benefits of doing so...
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Leanne Cochrane, Lina Jasmontaite-Zaniewicz and David Barnard-Wills co-authorised an article examining awareness raising duties of data protection authorities (DPAs) in European Data Protection Law Review. Based on the findings of numerous interviews conducted for the STAR II project on the awareness raising practices of DPAs, especially through the lens of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the authors suggest that a closer cooperation between DPAs and SME associations is desirable. It potentially could result in DPA guidance that addresses unique compliance challenges of SMEs.

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STAR II consortium co-organised a panel session at Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in 2020, titled: The GDPR is easy: (Un)tangling SME compliance hurdles.

The panel identifies distinct needs of SMEs and then turns to discuss the ways in which public and private actors could help SMEs to move from a relatively good level of awareness to actual compliance with the GDPR. The speakers provide contributions responding to the following questions:

  • What are the perceived distinct GDPR related needs of SMEs?
  • What kind of assistance could SMEs expect and demand from DPAs?
  • What traditional and alternative (e.g. AI) solutions facilitating GDPR compliance for SMEs are available on the market?
  • What’s the perspective of an SME owner?

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