Employees are often considered the weakest link in organizational security, and in order to potentially mitigate risk brought on by staff, an entity may wish to conduct a background check to vet the people they ultimately hire. In this piece for The Privacy Advisor, HCL Technologies Privacy Office Senior Manager Piotr Foitzik, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, looks at how to perform a background check under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Foitzik breaks down what organizations should do when they process special categories of data and the role local laws play in the process.
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