What is the GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new piece of data protection regulation which will become law across the EU in May 2018. It will replace all current data ...

The Council today reached an agreement on a common member states’ position on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when they enforce the General Data ...

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 ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union's most iconic tech law was long thought to be untouchable. Those days are over. The EU executive on Wednesday will present its plan to amend the General Data Protection ...

The High Court is to be asked to make a referral to the EU's highest court for a ruling on whether Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner is truly independent under EU law. Legal papers will be served ...

The Government is to appoint two additional commissioners at the office of the Data Protection Commission (DPC). The current Commissioner Helen Dixon is to become Chairperson of the DPC. Making the ...

The Council, represented by the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU, and the European Parliament secured a provisional deal on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data ...

Efforts by EU institutions to fix the enforcement gaps in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk doing more harm than good, according to privacy advocacy group noyb. A planned refit of the ...

June 26, 2025 - The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is clear that data subjects are not entitled to compensation unless they can demonstrate that the processing of their personal data ...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a new 'Adult Safeguarding Toolkit' to provide organisations and individuals with guidance and resources to protect the personal data of vulnerable ...