PDPF Exam Dumps : Privacy and Data Protection Foundation

The GDPR is functional law in all member states of the EEA. Some Articles allow for member states law to provide for more specific rules. Correct. The GDPR is European law but the Regulation does not exclude Member state law that sets out the circumstances for specific processing situations. (Literature: A, Chapter 1; GDPR Recital 10)

The GDPR is a recommendation of the European Commission that EEA countries’ law authorities improve their laws on the protection of personal data. Incorrect. An EU recommendation is not binding. The GDPR is a functional European law in all member states.

The GDPR sets out minimum conditions and requirements. Member states need to pass national laws to meet these minimum requirements. Incorrect. This is the description of an EU Directive.

Companies have tax obligations to be fulfilled, so financial data cannot be deleted.

The data subject has several rights under the GDPR, however there are limitations. These rights cannot run counter to other specific legislation. In this case, the holder can exercise the right of Opposition instead of Exclusion. In the Right of Opposition, he requests the Controller to cease the processing of his data for non- consented purposes. An example of Opposition: in Brazil there was the website naomeperturbe.com.br, where millions of Brazilians could oppose the inconvenient calls made by the telecommunication service providers.

As stated in the statement, Article 9 concerns the treatment of special categories of personal data, also called sensitive data.

This is a type of question that is often asked by EXIN. Important to remember which types of data are categorized as sensitive.

Article 9: Processing of special categories of personal data

1. Processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.

Examples of sensitive data: Race, skin color, family tree, political party, political party affiliation, religious beliefs, illness, test results, digital, facial recognition and sexual preference. These are just a few examples.