Do I Need to Comply with Data Privacy Regulations?

This article explains your responsibilities when using personal data provided by Cognism. As a data controller, you are responsible for ensuring your data processing aligns with applicable laws, including transparency, lawful processing, and the enforcement of data subject rights.

Do you need to comply with Data Privacy regulations when using Cognism?

Yes. When you use personal data provided by Cognism, you are responsible for complying with applicable data privacy regulations.

Here is what that responsibility means in practice:

Your responsibility as a data controller

When you use data provided by Cognism, you act as the data controller for that data.

As the data controller, you are responsible for ensuring that your use of the data complies with all applicable data privacy regulations.

What this means in practice

Depending on the regulations that apply to your organisation, this typically includes:

• Having a valid legal basis to process personal data
• Providing a clear and accessible privacy policy
• Allowing data subjects to exercise their rights, including opting out
• Informing data subjects that you hold their data and how it is used

Cognism provides data to support compliant use, but you remain responsible for how the data is processed within your organisation.

Related articles

• Is Cognism the Data Controller or the Data Processor of the data provided? 
• What is the legal basis of data processing? 
• How are data subjects’ opt-out requests actioned?