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ACFE CFE-Investigation Exam - Topic 2 Question 55 Discussion

A fraud examiner is based in Mexico, a non-European Union (EU) country and is collecting personal information from their company human resources (MR) files about an employee based in Germany an employee based country Based on these facts. The fraud examiner would need to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when conducting their Internal investigation.
A) True
B) False

ACFE CFE-Investigation Exam - Topic 2 Question 55 Discussion

Actual exam question for ACFE's CFE-Investigation exam
Question #: 55
Topic #: 2
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A fraud examiner is based in Mexico, a non-European Union (EU) country and is collecting personal information from their company human resources (MR) files about an employee based in Germany an employee based country Based on these facts. The fraud examiner would need to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when conducting their Internal investigation.

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Vilma
10 months ago
False, I don't think they need to comply if they're outside the EU.
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Meghan
10 months ago
Yup, even non-EU countries must follow GDPR for EU data.
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Amie
10 months ago
Wait, really? I thought it only applied in the EU.
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Stephanie
11 months ago
Totally agree, compliance is key!
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Carey
11 months ago
True, GDPR applies to any data of EU citizens.
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Ammie
11 months ago
I recall that GDPR has extraterritorial reach, so even though the examiner is in Mexico, they still need to comply with it for the German employee.
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Pearly
11 months ago
I feel a bit confused about this. I thought GDPR only applied to EU entities, but since the employee is in Germany, maybe it does apply?
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Jess
11 months ago
I think I came across a similar question about data protection laws in my practice exams. If the employee is in Germany, the GDPR likely applies, right?
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Bulah
11 months ago
I remember studying GDPR and how it applies to data processing, but I'm not entirely sure if it covers non-EU countries like Mexico.
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Shala
11 months ago
This looks like a straightforward question about managing encryption keys and permissions in Google Cloud. I think the key is to understand the requirements around managing permissions in a grouped way.
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Sueann
11 months ago
The last option, D, is interesting. If the data files and redo log files are automatically removed, that could simplify the process. I'll have to think through the implications of that.
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