Making Sure You Are Compliant With GDPR as a Linguistic Services Provider

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Topics: Risk management for translators
Grow your translation business
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Start time:Aug 30, 2018 14:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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Language:English
Duration:60 minutes
Summary:Do you control data somehow, either clients' data or vendor's data? Do you do email marketing for your translation service? If that's so, then you need to be aware of what EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is and be compliant with it by May 25, 2018, and I will tell you how to do so.
Description
In one hour, you will learn how GDPR affects you as a translator and as a linguistic services provider, whether it affects you or not, what steps you need to follow to be compliant with the new legislation and where to do it.

Training plan:

-GDPR Compliance Checklist
-Prepare for GDPR
-Registering With The ICO
-GDPR For Online Business
-Privacy Note
-Consent Wording
-Database Handing Email
Target audience
Mainly freelance translators in the controlling data, but also companies either based in Europe or making business with vendors or businesses in the EU.
Learning objectives
Basically, you will learn whether or not you need to be compliant with GDPR and how to do so in a plain language.

Prerequisites
You need to be a translator or a business controlling data or planning to do so and either based in the EU or making business with businesses or individuals in the EU.
Program
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-GDPR Compliance Checklist
-Prepare for GDPR
-Registering With The ICO
-GDPR For Online Business
-Privacy Note
-Consent Wording
-Database Handing Email
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For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows Vista – Windows 10
• Required: Google Chrome v39 or later; Mozilla Firefox v34 or later; Internet Explorer v8 or later (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)


For Mac®-based Users:

• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – 10.11 (El Capitan)
• Required: Microsoft Edge; Apple Safari v6 or later
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)

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• Operating system: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later
• Internet connection: 3G connection or better (WiFi recommended for VoIP audio)
• Software: Free GoToWebinar App from the Google Play Store



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Created by
Juan Pablo Sans    View feedback | View all courses
Bio: I am Juan Pablo Sans, a translator specializing in media content for the combinations English/Italian-Spanish. I have seven years of experience in the market with different clients such as SDI Media, Alpha CRC, Seprotec, Treeloc, Frontier Developments, Sintagma, and many other agencies in the market. I am also a language tutor in Cambridge, UK, and a translation trainer. For more information, please check my website www.juanpablosans.com.
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