ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was passed on April 27, 2016, automatically applies to all Member States of the European Union on 25.05.2018. In addition, the new regulation significantly increases the obligations of businesses to protect the per-sonal data of both their clients and their employees.

This legislation radically changes the landscape in the field of Personal Data Protection by imposing additional obligations on Processors and Performing Personal Data Processing, including the mandatory appointment of Data Protection Officer.

Within this framework, businesses need to be aware of the role of the Data Protection Officer and / or maintain a DPO position internally or in the form of a service purchase. The Data Protection Officer shall ensure that all necessary technical and organizational measures are taken to ensure compliance with the principles and obligations, such as the adoption and implementation of security and data protection policies, the periodic training and awareness of the data protection staff and the staff of the institution, the proposal for internal procedures for verifying the effective implementation of the measures in the functioning of the Government systems and services.δεδομένα.

ΣΕ ΠΟΙΟΥΣ ΑΠΕΥΘΥΝΕΤΑΙ

• Project managers and Consultants 
• DPO and Senior Managers responsible for the personal data protection of an organisation
• Members of Information Security, Expert Advisors in security of personal data, Technical experts and Compliance experts
• Layers and  Legal consultants

ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ

Trainer

Stylianos N. Christoforou

Stylianos received an LLB (Hons) in 1998 from the University of Hull. In 1999, he read law at the University of Nottingham from which he graduated with a degree of Master of Laws in International Commercial Law and thereafter, he became a Barrister at Law of Grays’  Inn. Following his academic achievement he, obtained three additional professional certifications, in 2004 he became a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, in 2015 Insolvency Practitioner and in 2017 TUV Austria Certified GDPR Practitioner.

Stylianos returned to Cyprus in 2001 where, after concluding his pupillage, he worked for some of the most renowned companies and organisations in the Island  as a litigation lawyer and was quickly promoted to Head of the Litigation Department. In 2005, he established Stylianos N. Christoforou & Co LLC with offices in Nicosia, Cyprus and Bucharest, Romania. Stylianos is also the exclusive legal consultant of a great number of large companies, organisations and institutions in Cyprus.

Stylianos is one of the most prominent practitioners in corporate legal matters that include data privacy regulation, corporate governance, employment and tax law, company law, as well as mergers and acquisitions and banking law. He is currently handling over 150 Court Cases representing foreign investors against local Banks who have been misled into acquiring Swiss Franc loans and helps clients on a daily basis in achieving ‘’debt to asset’’ settlement of their disputes. Stylianos and his team have to date achieved over 25 debt to asset settlements. He is also a member of a Charter Institute of Arbitrators and a Qualified Insolvency Practitioner. As a TUV Austria certified GDPR Expert, he is able to handle any GDPR related matter from consultation to GDPR Implementation Program and representation before the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data.