Most people associate data protection with legislation, most recently the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR). However, it should be appreciated that this ...

Technological change has ushered in a connected era in which information is gathered, stored and used to provide services which enhance our lives, making data an invaluable resource for modern ...

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 ...

The European Commission's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially came into force across the European Union on 25 May, with the aim of bringing laws and obligations around personal data, ...

Originally published by Bernard Marr on LinkedIn: The World’s Largest Data Breaches And GDPR Penalties (That Would Have Been) Data is breached every single day but most of these breaches don’t make ...

When you woke up this morning, you may have noticed that your email inbox has been flooded with emails from businesses and organizations informing you that they have “updated their privacy policy”.

A new European data regulation that just a month ago seemed like an obscure piece of legislation is suddenly on the lips of everyone in the tech industry. Already touted as “the most important change ...

Data is breached every single day but most of these breaches don’t make headlines. When the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect May 25, 2018, many companies who ...

The fine is unprecedented: It’s the biggest GDPR fine issued to date and is more than double the amount of every other GDPR fine combined. The financial penalty, which Amazon is appealing, comes at a ...