{"id":329,"date":"2021-07-29T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.usercentrics.com\/?post_type=knowledge&p=11647"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:55:27","slug":"joint-controllership-and-gdpr","status":"publish","type":"knowledge","link":"https:\/\/usercentrics-poc.psapp.dev\/us\/knowledge-hub\/joint-controllership-and-gdpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Controllership and the GDPR: what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

As of May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set the legislative framework for the handling of personal data throughout the European Union. With the GDPR, lawmakers provided companies with the means to handle user data in a way that is constructive and legally secure and constructive manner. One of these ways is the concept of Joint Controllership<\/strong>. This means that companies can share customer and personal data, but they assume joint responsibility for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s begin with a definition: what is Joint Controllership?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Data processing is often carried out with the support of another company, for example, when several legally independent companies within a group access a joint customer file. Job applications are a common example of when joint controllership happens. Here, a service provider is contracted to publish a job posting and to review incoming applications. In both cases, there is joint responsibility for handling personal data.<\/span> Article 26 <\/span><\/a>of the GDPR requires this joint responsibility to be precisely described in advance and contractually regulated (Joint Controllership Agreement).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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