{"id":84407,"date":"2019-11-29T04:53:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?p=84407"},"modified":"2023-11-15T06:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T06:47:40","slug":"gdpr-surveys-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/gdpr-surveys-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"GDPR compliant surveys in 2020 – All you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation on May 25, 2018, a significant change occurred in how organizations handle personal or sensitive data. It is important for organizations to ensure their feedback or data collection surveys are GDPR compliant<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some tips for your data collection surveys to be GDPR compliant in 2020.<\/p>\n

Seven tips to conduct GDPR compliant surveys in 2020\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Eliminate sensitive data: <\/span><\/strong>Proceed and analyze the amount of survey data that carries a \u201chigh-risk\u201d tag. Try to segregate all the data you possess, including the data managed by the third parties. Get rid of unwanted, risky, and sensitive data that might cause the GDPR or the forthcoming CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) violation.<\/li>\n
  2. Review the process:<\/span><\/strong> After ensuring your surveys are compliant with GDPR, review the data mapping process and check it against a broader definition of \u2018Personal Information.\u2019 Do check if your information mapping complies with the CCPA and other data protection laws.<\/li>\n
  3. Appoint a legal adviser: <\/b><\/span>Make sure that all the vendor agreements and contracts are reviewed by legal counsel.<\/li>\n
  4. Handle right to delete requests actively: <\/span><\/strong>Prepare a concrete plan to respond to opt-out or deletion requests from the data subjects. In your case, data subjects will be the survey respondents participating in the GDPR survey<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Privacy notice: <\/span><\/strong>It is a public document that needs to be published by the organization willing to survey in 2020. The document must explain the process adopted by the organization to process personal data and how it complies with the latest data protection policies.<\/li>\n
  6. Rigid compliance framework: <\/span><\/strong>Ensure your data policies are in line with the GDPR and emerging CCPA guidelines at the time of creating a regulatory compliance framework. It will help you deal with a large chunk of data created daily.<\/li>\n
  7. Flexible policies: <\/span><\/strong>Every organization conducting a survey in 2020 for data collection should be flexible enough to adapt to the rapidly changing data protection landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to create surveys that are GDPR compliant in 2020?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

    While there are rules to keep in mind that ensure complete data privacy and security of respondents, organizations can continue gathering data for their market research. They just need to be aware of the dos and don’ts. Below are some of the ways you can collect data using a reliable GDPR compliant survey platform<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n