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Ben is a member of the fitness club STAYFIT. This company has branches in many EU member states, but for the purposes of the GDPR maintains its primary establishment in France. Ben lives in Newry, Northern Ireland (part of the U.K.), and commutes across the border to work in Dundalk, Ireland. Two years ago while on a business trip, Ben was photographed while working out at a branch of STAYFIT in Frankfurt, Germany. At the time, Ben gave his consent to being included in the photograph, since he was told that it would be used for promotional purposes only. Since then, the photograph has been used in the club's U.K. brochures, and it features in the landing page of its U.K. website. However, the fitness club has recently fallen into disrepute due to widespread mistreatment of members at various branches of the club in several EU member states. As a result, Ben no longer feels comfortable with his photograph being publicly associated with the fitness club.
After numerous failed attempts to book an appointment with the manager of the local branch to discuss this matter, Ben sends a letter to STAYFIT requesting that his image be removed from the website and all promotional materials. Months pass and Ben, having received no acknowledgment of his request, becomes very anxious about this matter. After repeatedly failing to contact STAYFIT through alternate channels, he decides to take action against the company.
Ben contacts the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office ('ICO' - the U.K.'s supervisory authority) to lodge a complaint about this matter.
Assuming that multiple STAYFIT branches across several EU countries are acting as separate data controllers, and that each of those branches were responsible for mishandling Ben's request, how may Ben proceed in order to seek compensation?

• A.He will be able to sue any one of the relevant STAYFIT branches, as each one may be held liable for the entire damage.
• B.He will have to sue the STAYFIT's head office in France, where STAYFIT has its main establishment.
• C.He will have to sue each STAYFIT branch so that each branch provides proportionate compensation commensurate with its contribution to the damage or distress suffered by Ben.
• D.He will be able to apply to the European Data Protection Board in order to determine which particular STAYFIT branch is liable for damages, based on the decision that was made by the board.

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Joe is the new privacy manager for Who-R-U, a Canadian business that provides DNA analysis. The company is headquartered in Montreal, and all of its employees are located there. The company offers its services to Canadians only: Its website is in English and French, it accepts only Canadian currency, and it blocks internet traffic from outside of Canada (although this solution doesn't prevent all non-Canadian traffic). It also declines to process orders that request the DNA report to be sent outside of Canada, and returns orders that show a non-Canadian return address.
Bob, the President of Who-R-U, thinks there is a lot of interest for the product in the EU, and the company is exploring a number of plans to expand its customer base.
The first plan, collegially called We-Track-U, will use an app to collect information about its current Canadian customer base. The expansion will allow its Canadian customers to use the app while traveling abroad. He suggests that the company use this app to gather location information. If the plan shows promise, Bob proposes to use push notifications and text messages to encourage existing customers to pre-register for an EU version of the service. Bob calls this work plan, We-Text-U. Once the company has gathered enough pre- registrations, it will develop EU-specific content and services.
Another plan is called Customer for Life. The idea is to offer additional services through the company's app, like storage and sharing of DNA information with other applications and medical providers. The company's contract says that it can keep customer DNA indefinitely, and use it to offer new services and market them to customers. It also says that customers agree not to withdraw direct marketing consent. Paul, the marketing director, suggests that the company should fully exploit these provisions, and that it can work around customers' attempts to withdraw consent because the contract invalidates them.
The final plan is to develop a brand presence in the EU. The company has already begun this process. It is in the process of purchasing the naming rights for a building in Germany, which would come with a few offices that Who-R-U executives can use while traveling internationally. The office doesn't include any technology or infrastructure; rather, it's simply a room with a desk and some chairs.
On a recent trip concerning the naming-rights deal, Bob's laptop is stolen. The laptop held unencrypted DNA reports on 5,000 Who-R-U customers, all of whom are residents of Canad a. The reports include customer name, birthdate, ethnicity, racial background, names of relatives, gender, and occasionally health information.
If Who-R-U decides to track locations using its app, what must it do to comply with the GDPR?

• A.Obtain a court order because location data is a special category of personal data.
• B.Get consent from the app users.
• C.Anonymize the data and add latency so it avoids disclosing real time locations.
• D.Provide a transparent notice to users.

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What is true if an employee makes an access request to his employer for any personal data held about him?

• A.The employer can automatically decline the request if it contains personal data about a third person.
• B.The employer can decline the request if the information is only held electronically.
• C.The employer must supply all the information held about the employee.
• D.The employer must supply any information held about an employee unless an exemption applies.

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The GDPR forbids the practice of "forum shopping", which occurs when companies do what?

• A.Designate their main establishment in member state with the most flexible practices.
• B.Select third-party processors on the basis of cost rather than quality of privacy protection.
• C.Choose the data protection officer that is most sympathetic to their business concerns.
• D.File appeals of infringement judgments with more than one EU institution simultaneously.

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Building Block Inc. is a multinational company, headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe (including Germany, Italy, France and Portugal). Last year the company was the victim of a phishing attack that resulted in a significant data breach. The executive board, in coordination with the general manager, their Privacy Office and the Information Security team, resolved to adopt additional security measures. These included training awareness programs, a cybersecurity audit, and use of a new software tool called SecurityScan, which scans employees' computers to see if they have software that is no longer being supported by a vendor and therefore not getting security updates. However, this software also provides other features, including the monitoring of employees' computers.
Since these measures would potentially impact employees, Building Block's Privacy Office decided to issue a general notice to all employees indicating that the company will implement a series of initiatives to enhance information security and prevent future data breaches.
After the implementation of these measures, server performance decreased. The general manager instructed the Security team on how to use SecurityScan to monitor employees' computers activity and their location.
During these activities, the Information Security team discovered that one employee from Italy was daily connecting to a video library of movies, and another one from Germany worked remotely without authorization. The Security team reported these incidents to the Privacy Office and the general manager. In their report, the team concluded that the employee from Italy was the reason why the server performance decreased.
Due to the seriousness of these infringements, the company decided to apply disciplinary measures to both employees, since the security and privacy policy of the company prohibited employees from installing software on the company's computers, and from working remotely without authorization.
To comply with the GDPR, what should Building Block have done as a first step before implementing the SecurityScan measure?

• A.Consulted with the relevant data protection authority about potential privacy violations.
• B.Distributed a more comprehensive notice to employees and received their express consent.
• C.Assessed potential privacy risks by conducting a data protection impact assessment.
• D.Consulted with the Information Security team to weigh security measures against possible server impacts.

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