Developments in technology, business practice and implementation require the technology sourcing practitioner to understand characteristics of the technology deployed, how data is used and transferred and the nature of the IT solution in the context of the sector in which it will operate. To explore the scope of further aspects of technology sourcing transactions, see:
Technology sourcing—IT outsourcing—overview
Technology sourcing—Cloud and technology sourcing—overview
Technology sourcing—Technology and service integration—overview
Technology sourcing—Financial services and technology sourcing—overview
Technology sourcing—Public sector technology sourcing—overview
Data protection laws in both the EEA (the EU plus Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein) and UK seek to ensure information about living individuals (within the definition of ‘personal data’) is used fairly and responsibly. To help ensure that, both EEA and UK data protection laws impose a large number of obligations on those ‘processing’ personal data and on controllers of such processing. ‘Processing’ is broadly defined to include doing...
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