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Protecting your data

JS World Media Group (hereinafter referred to as “JS”, “we”, “us” and “our”) complies with the GDPR to protect personal data.

Below, you can read more about how we fulfill our responsibilities as a data controller.

Our role in protecting your data

At JS, we take our responsibility to protect our customers’ data seriously, and therefore we continue to stay compliant with, and up to date on, GDPR legislation.

In consultation with the renowned law firm Bech-Bruun (Denmark) we have ensured legal compliance and legal certainty. Based on their legal assessment, JS World Media Group qualifies as a data controller pursuant to Art. 4(7) of the GDPR, and not as a data processor.

This assessment is formed on the basis that JS World Media Group makes all major decisions about the purpose and scope of processing of data, and that the customer does not influence the data processing.

Our responsibilities as a data controller

A company that works with personal data is either a data processor or a data controller.

At JS, we are data controllers. As data controllers, our main service is to solve a specific task for our customers that does not involve processing personal data. Specifically, we produce and publish professional communication packages for our customers and acquire advertising partners on their behalf. Therefore, the parties involved should not sign a Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

In our role as a data controller, we comply with all legal requirements.

On the other hand, a data processor’s main service is to process personal data on behalf of a customer. Data processors receive data from the customer, refine and secure it, and then return the data to the customer. JS is not a data processor.

JS as a data controller

In our role as a data controller, we comply with all legal requirements.
Below, discover the key points that form the basis for our classification as a data controller.

✅ JS makes the decisions

JS makes all decisions regarding the purpose and means of data processing. The customer does not provide binding instructions on the processing of personal data.

✅ JS creates and distributes communication packages

The core service provided by JS is the creation and distribution of communication packages, which are developed independently and financed by advertising partners. The processing of personal data (e.g., names or images of employees) is merely incidental to this activity.

✅ JS works under own editorial discretion

JS operates under its own editorial and creative discretion, and the customer’s role is limited to providing input or approvals, without influencing the data processing framework.

✅ JS ensures no processing of personal data

In cases where JS provides web development support, technical measures have been implemented to ensure that JS does not process any personal data on behalf of the customer. Contracts with hosting or cookie providers are concluded directly between the customer and those providers.

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions in relation to our role as data controller or our GDPR compliance in general, please contact us at dpm@jsworldmedia.com.

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