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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
This handbook is the final outcome of the STAR II (SupporT small And medium enterprises on the data protection Reform II) research project, co-funded by the European Union within the scope of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 (REC-RDAT-TRAI-AG-2017), under Grant Agreement No. 814775.
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The STAR II project was implemented by a partnership of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) (coordinator), the interdisciplinary Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and Trilateral Research Ltd (TRI IE) between August 2018 and December 2020.
STAR II consortium members included academics with extensive theoretical background in privacy and data protection – Lina Jasmontaitė-Zaniewicz and Alessandra Calvi – of VUB-LSTS, researcher and practitioner from TRI IE – David Barnard-Wills – who provides multidisciplinary research and consultancy services in the field of data protection; and Renata Nagy – the representative of the Hungarian Data Protection Authority, who has been actively engaged in awareness raising activities for SMEs.
The main goal of the project was to promote compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, commonly referred to as GDPR, by assisting Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). To this end, the STAR II project prepared a Guidance for DPAs on running hotline services dedicated to SMEs and the handbook on European data protection law for SMEs outlining obligations and good practices concerning the processing of personal data. The STARII project materials are available at www.star-project-2.eu.
The STAR II project is a follow-up of the STAR project that developed easily customizable training materials for data protection professionals,
