Data breaches: to notify or not to notify?

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Data breaches: to notify or not to notify?

20 May 2019

Worried about a data breach? The Hogan Lovells Data Breach Assessor lets you lets you quickly and easily find out if you have to notify a data breach, undertake and document a quick risk assessment and document your decision making

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Hogan Lovells Data Breach Assessor. This new legal tech tool lets you quickly and easily assess the risks of a personal data breach.

Click here to access to the tool.

What's the format?

A simple online questionnaire that was developed by putting together the criteria and factors established by EU and German authorities (European Data Protection Board, European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), German data protection authorities).

Key benefits

Find out if you have to notify a data breach to your supervisory authority and, if applicable, to the data subjects concerned, as specified in Articles 33 and 34 the GDPR.
Undertake a quick risk assessment to help you to meet the 72-hour reporting deadline, as specified in Article 33 the GDPR.
The tool creates a comprehensive documentation of your risk assessment and decision making.

Please contact us if you have any questions on the Data Breach Assessor or need help understanding how to deal with personal data breaches.