To mark European Data Protection Day, the Spanish Data Protection Agency has recently recognized the project carried out by the Regional Council of Bizkaia (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia or BFA-DFB) to guarantee the privacy of personal data and the digital rights of the region’s residents, in which Altia participates as one of the contracted companies.
The Prize for Proactivity and Good Practices in Compliance with the GDPR and the LOPDGDD (Spanish Organic Law on Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights), awarded to the Regional Council of Bizkaia, consists of an honorary mention by means of a diploma and a trophy, and of the dissemination of projects and good practices developed by the regional administration itself.
In the framework of the plan launched by the Regional Council of Bizkaia, Altia has collaborated with the administration in the parts relating to legal advice, consultancy services and training. Specifically, Altia has provided legal, organizational, technical and consulting assistance in the adaptation of the BFA-DFB and its regional entities to data protection legislation and procedures; we have been part of the consultancy service in the adaptation of the BFA-DFB and its regional entities to the GDPR and LOPDGDD; and we have given training sessions on data protection and the implementation of the processes mentioned in the previous section.
The award recognizes the work carried out by the Regional Council, in which Altia has been collaborating since 2019, in guaranteeing the privacy of personal data and digital rights through the data protection regulations compliance plan for the region’s public sector.
