STAR II Deliverables D3.4 & 4.2 (merged) Report of the validation workshop

This document presents a summary of feedback provided during the validation workshop, entitled "Making the General Data Protection Regulation simple for Small and Medium-sized enterprises -STAR II presents the Guidance for DPAs on good practices to run hotlines for SMEs and the Handbook on European data protection law for SMEs"held on September 3, 2020. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the workshop took place online.The event was organised in partnership with the Brussels Privacy Hub, an academic privacy research centre within the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels or VUB). The intent of the validation workshop was to engage relevant key stakeholderswho in their professional capacity had been involvedinvarious initiatives addressed to SMEs. Themainobjective of the workshop was to receive feedback on two documentsprepared within the scope of workpackage 4: •The guidance for DPAson how to run hotlines for SMEsand•The Handbook on EU data protection law for SMEs.Participants included representatives of DPAs,SME Associations, law firms, consultanciesand academia. Moderators of two sessions led participantsthrough a series of questionsregarding the content of both documentsin order to obtain feedback.