Tag: Data Protection

Sustainability
Sustainable and Future-proof Tech at Mindtrek 2023
Sustainability

Sustainable and Future-proof Tech at Mindtrek 2023

Get ready to embrace future-proof digitalization that takes into account climate, environment, legislation, and ethics! The Sustainable and Future-proof Tech program at Mindtrek Conference 2023 in Tampere, provided expertise and insights into these critical considerations. In this blog post, we’ll give you a glimpse of the program, and encourage to explore the recorded sessions to dive deeper into the topics.

Hanna Vuohelainen
Hanna Vuohelainen
Sustainability
Processing children’s health data in hobby activities
Sustainability

Processing children’s health data in hobby activities

Based on the initial survey of the GDPR4CHLDRN – ensuring data protection in hobbies project, people have questions about the processing of children’s health data, especially data on allergies, in hobby activities. This article is meant to provide some guidelines for the appropriate processing of children’s health data in hobby activities.

Emmi Iivonen
Sustainability
Check out these games and materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people
Sustainability

Check out these games and materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people

Many organisations are working to improve children’s awareness of personal data processing and data protection legislation. For this GDPR4CHLDRN blog post, we compiled some useful websites we have come across during the project. These sites offer teaching, guidance and independent study materials for promoting data protection awareness in children and young people.

Mikko Eloholma
Digital competences
Data protection is a fundamental right for minors – what does it mean?
Digital competences

Data protection is a fundamental right for minors – what does it mean?

Everyone, regardless of age, has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her and everyone has the right to their own personal data. Minors can exercise their data protection rights themselves, but their custodians may also have the right to exercise these rights on behalf of their child. In this article, we tell you when a custodian is permitted to exercise data protection rights on behalf of their child and when this is not possible. What does the controller have to consider before disclosing a minor’s personal data to their custodian?

Terhi Rehtonen
Digital competences
Five tips for parents: How to build your child’s awareness and understanding of data protection
Digital competences

Five tips for parents: How to build your child’s awareness and understanding of data protection

Children do not pick up data protection awareness and skills by themselves. In addition to early childhood education and care, schools and other entities that deal with and serve children, parents also have a major role in building awareness and competence in their children.

Oona Ojajärvi
Digital skills
Parents supporting the data protection of children and young people – initial survey charted competence, concerns and attitudes
Digital skills

Parents supporting the data protection of children and young people – initial survey charted competence, concerns and attitudes

The initial survey for the GDPR4CHLDRN – Ensuring data protection in hobbies project was carried out in November and December 2022. The survey charted the data protection competence and attitudes to personal data processing of children and young people aged 13–17, their parents and the clubs and associations that organise leisure and hobby activities. The survey also sought to identify the data protection issues for which the target groups especially wanted support from the project.

Mikko Eloholma

Articles and blog posts

On this page you will find articles and news published in the GDPR4CHLDRN project.Articles in…

GDPR4CHLDRN – Ensuring data protection in hobbies

GDPR4CHLDRN – Ensuring data protection in hobbies

The GDPR4CHLDRN project provides information about the protection of personal data and data protection rights to children, young people and their parents. Materials targeted at them as well as icons that clarify concepts related to data protection will be developed in the project. In addition, a toolkit to support compliance with data protection legislation and its application will be created for associations and hobby clubs that organise hobby activities for children and young people.

Data economy
A new tool to help SME business owners to assess their data protection practices
Data economy

A new tool to help SME business owners to assess their data protection practices

Data protection is a competitive advantage for small- and medium-sized companies. The English version will be published in the autumn of 2022.

Hanna Vuohelainen
Hanna Vuohelainen
My Data Secured Project

My Data Secured Project

The project supported 14 to 22-year olds in understanding personal data privacy and how to access online services in a secure manner.

Digital processes
Data protection opening doors into Europe for SMEs
Digital processes

Data protection opening doors into Europe for SMEs

GDPR2DSM, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman and TIEKE joint project starting in November, will provide micro enterprises and SMEs with information and tools to help ensure effective data protection. Data protection builds trust in the operations of businesses and can bring new international business opportunities.