The General Data Protection Regulation requires many companies to appoint a data protection officer. While this person probably won't win any popularity contests, having someone in charge of personal ...

A new PLOS Medicine Perspective argues that the GDPR's individual-focused framework leaves collective Indigenous rights ...

As we delve deeper into the digital age, personal data has become the most coveted commodity. The once intangible promise of technology now faces the harsh reality of data exploitation, where privacy ...

When the General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect in May, it will set forth a number of requirements for organizations that store and process the personal data of citizens of the European ...

The UK GDPR establishes a robust framework for the protection of personal data, requiring organisations to give due regard to individuals’ ...

With the third anniversary of GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) having recently arrived, it’s a good time to consider the progress made around ...

How did it come about? In January 2012, the European Commission set out plans for data protection reform across the European Union in order to make Europe 'fit for the digital age'. Almost four years ...

A ransomware attack, a client list sent to the wrong recipient or a database leak can put an organisation on the clock within ...

Google has been fined more than €400 million ($459 million) for breaches of GDPR (general data protection regulation). Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched an inquiry into Google ...

This article is an opinion piece based on a purely fictional legal simulation (thought experiment) that applies the EU's strict GDPR regulatory standards to recent incident cases that occurred on ...