The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented in May 2018 stands as a landmark regulatory framework aimed at protecting personal data and privacy for individuals within the European Union ...

Generally speaking, the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has gone fairly well in Finland, according to Anu Talus, data protection ombudsman for the country’s data ...

On June 19, 2025, the United Kingdom’s Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) received royal assent and passed into law. The bill touches on a wide variety of matters and includes important revisions to ...

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been fined €17 million (~$18.6 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) over a string of historical data breaches. The security lapses in question, ...

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) along with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) sets out how personal data and privacy should be managed. The legislation applies to any research ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is widely regarded as one of the most robust data privacy regulations in the world. Enacted by the European Union (EU) in 2018, GDPR has set a new ...

According to the study, the average number of daily reports has risen above 400 for the first time since the GDPR came into force across the EU on May 25, 2018. With 443 reports of violations per day, ...

COMMENTARY Five years since the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect, its fingerprints are everywhere: from proliferating privacy laws worldwide to the now-ubiquitous ...

Sweden has a long history of data privacy. In fact, it was the first country in the world to adopt data privacy legislation, with the 1973 Data Act. Swedish data protection legislation has evolved ...

Large-scale data breaches and privacy violations have become a common occurrence over the past decade amid the vast collection of personal information online. In response, a plethora of data ...

Questions about ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s ability to comply with European privacy rules are in the frame again after a detailed complaint was filed with the Polish data protection authority yesterday.

Act 2025 makes major changes to UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).