Apis Europe AD Apps

“GDPR in your pocket” is a free mobile application developed withinthe framework of the SMEDATA Project (https://smedata.eu/)co-funded by the “Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme” ofthe European Union. Its purpose is to introduce the General DataProtection Regulation (GDPR) to citizens and small and mediumenterprises (SMEs) in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand way,and to give them practical knowledge and advice on their rights,respectively obligations under the EU data protection law. The userinterface and large parts of the content are available in English,Italian and Bulgarian. The application provides access to a varietyof legal information resources and guidance materials in the fieldof privacy and personal data protection organised in two maincomponents – Legal library and Advisory module. 1) Legal libraryThe Legal library gives you access to a rich collection of legaldocuments of the European Union and two EU Member States – Bulgariaand Italy, as follows: • Provisions of international and EUtreaties related to privacy and personal data protection •Summaries of relevant cases of the European Court of Human Rights •EU legislation related to privacy and personal data protection •Landmark cases of the EU’s Court of Justice • Guidelines of theEuropean Data Protection Board and the European Data ProtectionSupervisor • Bulgarian legislation and selected cases of Bulgariancourts in the field of privacy and personal data protection •Italian legislation and selected cases of Italian courts in thefield of privacy and personal data protection • Opinions andguidelines of the Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection• Opinions and guidelines of the Italian Data Protection Authority.2) Advisory module The Advisory module provides practical guidanceon GDPR rules to citizens and SMEs. It comprises the followingcomponents: • GDPR made simple – a need-to-know guide explaining ina comprehensible, easy to understand way the rights of individualsand obligations placed on organisations; • Decision support tools –help representatives of SMEs to find evidence-based solutions ofkey issues related to data protection. They offer a simplified‘Q&A’ wizard interface to solve practical problems (e.g. “Doesmy organisation need a DPO?”, “Shall my organization maintain arecord of processing activities?”, etc.) based on a step-by-stepinteraction with the user; • Frequently asked questions – givesanswers to typical questions of citizens and SMEs based on theexperience gained in the questions and answers procedures set up bythe Bulgarian and Italian data protection authorities; • GDPRdictionary – a glossary of legal terms and definitions introducedby GDPR. You can search throughout the content of the applicationusing the search tool available in the Main menu (global searchfeature). You can also make search queries in the text of openeddocuments (local search feature). Additionally, the applicationoffers you: • An option to bookmark pieces of content (e.g.articles of GDPR) you want to read later • An option to savelocally in the disk memory of your device the text of preferreddocuments, which allows you to access their content in offlinemode.