General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force today, May 25, 2018, and is directly applicable in all European Union Member States.

This instrument was developed to regulate the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.

 The GDPR applies to the bodies and entities that make up the Public Administration, including, of course, the government area of Science, Technology and Higher Education, of which the FCT is a part. A set of procedures and actions have therefore been defined to support the academic and scientific community, both individually and institutionally.

 The following measures stand out: 

•  Identification of a Data Protection Officer for the government area, under the responsibility of the General Secretariat for Education and Science, and creation of a communication channel through the e-mail address: protecao.dados@sc-geral.mec.pt.
• Identification of Data Protection Officers in the relevant bodies, namely the Foundation for Science and Technology, the Directorate-General for Higher Education and the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics.
• Creation of a Personal Data Protection Unit, within the General Secretariat for Education and Science, integrating the services, bodies, structures and entities of the government area of Science, Technology and Higher Education.  
• Creation of a network of Data Protection Officers in the sphere of science, technology and higher education, including Higher Education Institutions, to share good practices, questions and doubts and disseminate information.
•  Training and clarification sessions on the application of the GDPR coordinated by the General Secretariat for Education and Science.
• Creation of support and good practice guides.

Additional information on the General Data Protection Regulation: https://www.cnpd.pt/bin/rgpd/rgpd.htm

For questions relating to the protection of personal data within the FCT, please contact RGPD@fct.pt.