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 ...

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 ...

It's the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an EU-wide set of rules governing data privacy in the age of the internet. It came into effect in May last year, and will remain part of UK law ...

What is European Charter of Fundamental Rights? Before we understand what GDPR is, we need to know that the European Union guarantees the same fundamental data protection to all residents of EU – be ...

Designed to update the privacy rights of internet users and ensure organisations are transparent and responsible when handling the personal information of customers and clients, the European Union's ...

The European Court of Justice is refining the right to a fair trial: judges may use unlawfully obtained data but must curb ...

If the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) managed to do one thing, it was to capture our attention. It threatened to bring chaos and devastation, but as the day arrived, the wave didn’t crash.

The BBC is committed to protecting personal data and respecting individuals’ rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), the Data (Use ...

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 ...