2018 was the year of data protection legislation. The year began with a patchwork of laws and standards governing data protection and user privacy around the world. It ended with a comprehensive data ...

The EU has the strongest data protection rules in the world. Protection of personal data is considered a fundamental right in the EU. On this page Personal data in the digital age Data protection as a ...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising ...

Since the EU’s GDPR legislation came into force in 2018, issues around data protection and privacy have come to the fore globally. Growing legislation has given regulators the power to hand out severe ...

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