The road to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation has been a game of catch-up with legislation responding to shifts in the technological landscape. Sweden was the first country in ...

The widespread adoption of cloud services has introduced cybersecurity challenges and compliance complexities due to various privacy regulations in different jurisdictions. According to Pew Research ...

Scroll down to read the full chapter or click on the headings below to jump to the relevant section. In the Netherlands, the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data are primarily regulated by ...

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 ...

Discover the 10 biggest data breach fines and settlements of 2025. Explore GDPR penalties, global privacy regulations, and ...

Far from being the gold standard of privacy it is often claimed to be, the GDPR is a potential threat to personal freedoms. Data protection requires a delicate balance between security and ...

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 ...

All solicitors hold personal data. If someone can be identified from the information you hold on them, it is personal data. This includes employees, clients and other people related to your work. How ...