Voice is considered a biometric personal data and protected by legislation in many countries worldwide.
Data privacy laws are often based on the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which imposes strict obligations for storing and processing personal data.
GDPR applies to companies operating and/or subcontracting in the EU, who are storing, processing and/or sharing personal data.
Some obligations include: identification, security, solicitation of consent of use 100% independent of work contracts, consent recording & renewal, processing of modification, rectification, and deletion requests, dubbing actors accessibility to personal data upon request…
Everyone involved in a dubbing project is responsible for ensuring their own GDPR compliance along with that of their partners.
One weak link – subcontractors included – not processing voice data in compliance with GDPR puts the final client and all casting stakeholders at risk of fines, up to €20M or 4% of global revenues