The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented in May 2018 stands as a landmark regulatory framework aimed at protecting personal data and privacy for individuals within the European Union ...
Over five years have passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced, strengthening the fundamental right to data protection across the EU. It empowered people to gain ...
Challenges may arise when conducting an internal investigation related to an underlying disclosure by a whistleblower pursuant to the EU Directive, because companies must strictly comply with the GDPR ...
The European Union’s top court has handed down a couple of notable rulings today in the arena of data protection. One (Case C-300/21) deals with compensation for breaches of the bloc’s General Data ...
Data privacy laws prohibit misuse or disclosure of private individuals’ data. At least 89 countries have enacted data privacy laws, and more countries are expected to enact their own data privacy laws ...
The Council today reached an agreement on a common member states’ position on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when they enforce the General Data ...
Companies in Europe are facing increasing pressure to respond to data breaches while ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations. The rise in data breaches, including those involving personal data and ...
The Council, represented by the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU, and the European Parliament secured a provisional deal on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data ...
The last decade has hugely transformed banking. The space stepped it up to open banking, then to open finance and then to tackling open data/open economy for a not-so-far future. The basis for the ...
Facebook’s parent, Meta, has been hit with another hefty penalty for breaching European data protection law. The €265 million (~$275 million) fine was announced today by the Irish Data Protection ...