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OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

TAKE CONTROL


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European Commission - Directorate-General or Justice

Luxembourg: Publications Ofce o the European Union, 2012

ISBN: 978-92-79-22654-0DOI: 10.2838/45007

Cartoons Pierre Kroll

European Union, 2012

Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged


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Every time you go online you share inormation about yoursel.And the more you do online the more important it is that you

and your personal data are protected.

The EU is proposing changes that will strengthen your protection online.

The new EU laws are designed to put you in control o your own inormation

and saeguard your right to personal data protection.


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I you dont know how your inormation

is being used its hard to know who to trustit with. In uture youll be better inormed

and your data will be better protected.

So youll eel more condent when youre

sharing your data with riends or when

you go shopping online.

Who can you trust?


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Under the new laws, youll have more

control over what happens to your data.

And youll know where to go and whoto talk to i youre not happy.

Putting you backin control


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In uture you will know better

how your data is being used and

when your permission

is required, youll be asked

to give it explicitly.

I youre not happy youll beable to change your mind.

Everything will be explained clearly

so you understand the decisions

that youre making.

Givingyour permission

andunderstanding why


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Theyll give the same protection to your personal

data everywhere in the EU. Your data will also

be protected outside the EU. So youll have a high levelo protection regardless o where your personal data

is stored or handled. Good news or you, or businesses,

and or the economy.

One set of rules

Designedto protectyour privacy

Theyll also

make the settings o all sites

privacy-riendly. So when using a socialnetwork youll know that your data

is protected unless you decide

to change the privacy settings yoursel.


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Its not always easy to permanently delete your i

personal inormation aer youve shared it. i

With the new rules itll be much easier i

to take your data back. And to easily remove it i

completely and give it to another service iprovider, i thats what you decide. i

What if you just wantto be forgotten?


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The new EU laws set high standards i

and have been written to stand i

the test o time. Theyre sae, simple i

and efective and we hope that theyll become i

a model or the rest o the world to ollow.i

Settingthe standard

Because your data is oen collected, i

processed or stored outside the EU, i

your data will continue to be protected i

worldwide, or cloud computing i

or web-based email, or example.n

Protectingyour data

worldwide


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What happensif your data

gets lost or stolen?At the moment, i your data is lost or stolen,

it may take some time or you to nd out .

In uture i this happens, and the consequences

are expected to be serious, then both you and

your countrys Data Protection Authority

will have to be told as soon as possible.


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Theyll give you the right to know whos using your data and why

and to know i the security o your data is at risk. And, o course,

theyll give you the right to be orgotten.

Find out more at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection-reorm

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And fnally The new EU laws will put you in controlo the inormation about yoursel that you share online.


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