CIPP/E Exam Prep Questions & Answers | 120 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | 36 Pages
Question : What is the importance of the Treaty of Rome
(1957) on the Data Protection Directive and the GDPR?
Correct answer: Allowed the Data Protection Directive and
GDPR to be setup as harmonization for European member states.
Question : How many member states in the European Union?
Correct answer: 28 member states
Question : What is the European Economic Area composed
of?
Correct answer: EU member states + Iceland + Liechtenstien
- Norway
Question : What are the key characteristics of the Data
Protection Directive?
Correct answer: - Places obligations on member states
Is transposed into 28 national laws in the EU
Differs across member states
Formed the Article 29 Working Party
Question : In what ways is the GDPR different from the Data
Protection Directive?Correct answer: The GDPR:
is directly applicable and enforceable as law
provides one set of data protection rules for all
allows member states a degree of tailoring
forms the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
Question : What are the special categories of personal data?
Correct answer: - racial origin
ethic origin
political opinions
religious beliefs
philosophical beliefs
trade-union membership
genetic data
biometric data
health data
sex life
sexual orientation
(- criminal convictions and offences can only be processed by authorities with safeguards)
Question : What is a supervisory authority?
Correct answer: A Data Protection Authority (DPA) - an
entity appointed to enforce privacy or data protection laws and regulation in a particular jurisdiction.
Question : What is the definition of data processing?
Correct answer: Any operation or set of operations which is
performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means.
Question : What are the GDPR data processing principles?
Correct answer: - Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency of
processing