At the end of January 2021, the SMOOTH Project comes to end, but our tools and community will keep supporting MENTs in being GDPR compliant! SMOOTH AND THE FUTURE OF THE GDPR Research suggests that micro-enterprises often lack resources in terms of time, finance, people, and knowledge to properly understand and apply the GDPR…
Originally published on the CORDIS, the EU portal for research results, online magazine of December 2020/January 2021: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/428769-data-protection-new-technologies-to-protect-privacy Many microenterprises in Europe seem to be missing the GDPR compliance train, with potentially disastrous consequences for their future. The SMOOTH project has developed an easy-to-use and affordable solution that will help them assess and improve their…
The project SMOOTH is ending on January 31, 2021. The project set out to develop tools that can help small businesses be compliant with GDPR and help them make the best of their data processing. We have spoken with Mr David Caro, President of the European Small Business Alliance (ESBA). A partner in the SMOOTH…
Register for the event here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8276523612739346702 The adoption of the GDPR by micro-enterprises (MENTs) effortlessly, without incurring unnecessary or unaffordable costs, is vital to the EU global economy and constitutes the high-level objective of the SMOOTH project. Research suggests that micro-enterprises often lack resources in terms of time, finance, people, and knowledge to properly understand…
SMOOTH has created an online GDPR Handbook to help small businesses navigate the complexities of the legislation. You can find it here: https://www.gdprhandbook.eu/ (Android App here; iOS App here) It explains the key aspect of the regulations, defining its specific domain, where it applies, and to whom. It helps clarify the different facets and specificities,…