Transcription and data protection
Transcribing a conversation means processing personal data, and in medicine, law and finance it means processing professional secrets on top of that. GDPR is the baseline; sector rules such as MiFID II add requirements a provider hosting in the US cannot meet. These articles cover what the rules actually demand, which evidence a processor has to supply, and where the popular shortcuts break down.
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Data processing agreement for transcription: what Article 28 requires
Article 28 GDPR mandates ten clauses. Which ones transcription vendors routinely leave out, how to tell a usable DPA from a decorative one, and the single question that settles most of it.
Transcription in Law Firms: Privilege and GDPR in Practice
German professional secrecy makes law firm transcription a criminal-law question, not only a data protection one. What section 203 StGB demands of a vendor, and how to organise it so it holds up.
Medical Dictation: Cloud Transcription and Patient Confidentiality
Health data is criminal-law territory in Germany. What section 203 StGB requires before a clinic may send dictation to a transcription vendor, and what a compliant workflow looks like.
MiFID II Call Recording: Transcribing Advice Calls Under GDPR
Article 16 MiFID II requires every investment advice call to be recorded and kept for five years. How to make that archive searchable without sending regulated recordings to a US provider.
Transcription and GDPR: What Companies Need to Know
Which GDPR requirements apply when you send audio to a transcription service, which risks come with US cloud providers, and the four checks that decide whether a vendor is usable at all.
GDPR-Compliant Meeting Transcription: Zoom and Teams Without US Cloud
Schrems II killed the easy path. Here's how to transcribe Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings under GDPR – without sending data to Otter, Fireflies or any US-based AI assistant.
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Transcription that protects your data
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