In this fourth alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective actions legislation titled the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ...

GDPR is a regulation that requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens for transactions that occur within EU member states. And non-compliance could cost companies ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation of the European Union (EU) that became effective on May 25, 2018. It strengthens and builds on the EU's current data protection framework, ...

In less than 12 months, new legislation comes into place across the European Union (EU) that will radically change the terms of use for personal data. The General ...

Adopted in April 2016 and effective May 2018, the European Union released the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR), which, according to its website, “replaces the Data Protection Directive ...

Comprehensive data protection laws are essential for protecting human rights – most obviously, the right to privacy, but also many related freedoms that depend on our ability to make choices about how ...

After three years of debate, drafts and discord, the European Commission’s work to overhaul the laws governing how the personal data of citizens should be treated is nearing completion, with the final ...

In the 2013 landmark case between Google Spain v Marcio C. Gonzalez, in an instant Google – the world’s largest and most advanced search engine – had to comply with a European Union (EU) court outcome ...

What is General Data Protection Regulation and why is it important? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand ...