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 […]
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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 […]
GDPR Drives Changes, but Privacy by Design Proves Elusive
One year later, the EU mandate’s biggest impact has been to focus more attention on data protection and privacy. Many […]
Bank Secrecy Rules Get a Rethink After Danske Laundering Shock
Danske Bank A/S is turning into a case study for European regulators, legislators and bankers to rethink fundamental assumptions about […]
What GDPR’s first year says about data privacy regulation
Almost a year ago, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. In that year, the United […]
The Five Myths of GDPR
May 2019 marks the first anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and early numbers make clear that its […]
New Data Protection Guidelines to Impact Online Services?
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published draft guidelines which may impact online service providers’ ability to process personal […]
GDPR one year on – what have we learned?
The one year anniversary since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect is fast approaching (25 […]
The State of Play in European Data Protection Law
On May 1, 2019, WSGR convened a panel of regulators and experts to discuss recent developments in European data protection […]
The future of the ePrivacy Regulation and the impact of Brexit on its application in UK
The European Parliament set out its position on the Regulation in October 2017. However, the Council of the EU, which […]