GDPR compliance: Hits and misses
Privacy professionals have now lived with EU General Data Protection Regulation compliance requirements for a full year. Many rebuilt, rewrote […]
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Where is ePrivacy?
The ePrivacy Regulation has been referred to as the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s “sister legislation.” But what kind of […]
Google faces privacy complaints in European countries
Google’s privacy woes are set to increase after campaigners on Tuesday filed complaints to data protection regulators in France, Germany […]
EU Council publishes draft conclusions on the retention of data to fight the crime
On 27 May, 2019, the Presidency of the Council issued draft conclusions of the Data Retention Working Party on the […]
EDPS flags data protection issues on EU institutions’ websites
An inspection carried out by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on the websites of major EU institutions and bodies […]
Supreme Court dismisses Facebook appeal over transfer of user personal data to the US
Ireland’s Supreme Court has dismissed Facebook’s appeal over a High Court decision to refer key issues concerning the validity of […]
How Ireland became Europe’s data watchdog
Most of the major US tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, Airbnb and Dropbox, are registered for […]
EU Council still debating e-Privacy Regulation
e-Privacy Regulation is still some time away as the three party Trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and the […]
1 year into GDPR, ad industry braces for more fines
Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it’s a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes […]
Caught between data protection and trade sanctions?
The rapid evolution of the economic sanctions environment constitutes a compliance challenge for multinationals and financial institutions in particular. A […]
GDPR: Europe Counts 65,000 Data Breach Notifications So Far
European privacy authorities have received nearly 65,000 data breach notifications since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation went into full […]
Data transfers as the Brexit clock counts down
Many business owners have spoken of their concern for the impact a “no deal” Brexit could have on personal data […]