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Retail 2 Jun 2026

Video surveillance in shops: how to install cameras complying with the GDPR and LOPDGDD

How to install cameras in a physical shop complying with the GDPR and LOPDGDD: security purpose, allowed and prohibited areas, signage, one-month maximum retention and processing record.

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Retail 2 Jun 2026

Loyalty programmes and customer cards: how to comply with the GDPR in retail

How to manage a loyalty programme with customer card under the GDPR: legal basis, express consent by purpose, commercial communications under the LSSICE and right to object.

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Retail 2 Jun 2026

Retail employee data: payroll, time tracking and workplace video surveillance

How to manage the data of shop workers under the GDPR and the Spanish Workers' Statute: payroll, time tracking with PIN or card, workplace video surveillance under art. 89 LOPDGDD and retention periods.

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Franchises 2 Jun 2026

Franchises and GDPR: who is controller and who is processor in a brand network

How GDPR figures are allocated between franchisor and franchisee: independent controllership, joint controllership under art. 26 GDPR, processor status under art. 28, joint and several liability towards the customer and recommended contractual models.

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Franchises 2 Jun 2026

Transferring customer data between franchisees of the same brand: when it is lawful and when it is not

Transferring and accessing customer data between franchisees of the same brand: legal bases, joint controllership under art. 26 GDPR for common programmes, shared CRM, loyalty and franchisor communications.

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Franchises 2 Jun 2026

DPO in franchise networks: shared appointment, individual appointment and allocation of responsibilities

DPO appointment obligation in franchises under art. 37 GDPR and art. 34 LOPDGDD: when the franchisor needs one, when the franchisee, the art. 37.2 GDPR rule for groups and the coordinated model with a common external DPO.

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Startups 2 Jun 2026

GDPR from day 1 in a startup: minimum documentation before launching a product

Operational guide for founders: RoPA, privacy policy, DPAs with SaaS providers, international transfers with the Data Privacy Framework, impact assessment and continuous review cycle during the growth phase.

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Freelance 2 Jun 2026

Freelancer and processor: the art. 28 GDPR contract your client expects (and the AEPD requires)

When a freelancer (web designer, developer, consultant) is a processor and what art. 28 GDPR contract should be signed with the client: minimum content, sub-processors, return of data.

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Freelance 2 Jun 2026

Professional portfolio with client data: how to display your work without stepping on the GDPR

How to display projects done for clients in a professional portfolio: effective anonymisation of screenshots and data, consent for testimonials and image, and the right to use the work performed.

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Freelance 2 Jun 2026

Developers, cookies and analytics: how to implement tracking without skipping GDPR

What a developer must do when implementing cookies, Google Analytics, Hotjar and marketing pixels: consent management platform, conditional loading, real granularity, inventory and evidence under art. 22.2 LSSICE and the AEPD guidance.

8 min Read
Hair & beauty 2 Jun 2026

Before/after photos on social media: how to capture client consent in hair and beauty salons

Publishing client before/after photos on social media in hair and beauty salons: express, specific and withdrawable consent under the GDPR and Organic Law 1/1982 on the right to own image.

7 min Read
Hair & beauty 2 Jun 2026

Online booking apps in hair and beauty salons: the processor role

Fresha, Treatwell, Booksy and other booking apps as the centre's processors: art. 28 GDPR processing agreement, international transfers, DPF, RoPA and client information notice.

7 min Read

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