Europe's major privacy law, known as GDPR, goes in effect Friday. Here's what you need to know. In January 2012, the European Commission set out plans for data protection reform across the European ...

Don’t look at compliance with the EU's pending data protection law as just a regulatory exercise, think of it as an opportunity to improve your customer data — and the customer experience. As the ...

If you've been anywhere near the internet in the last few weeks, then you've probably noticed that just about every company you've ever interacted with has been busy sending out a flood of emails ...

With the GDPR deadline less than one year away, many CIOs are frantically trying to get their data houses in order. But as IT leaders struggle to put together the many pieces of the GDPR puzzle, it's ...

“Simplify”, “Streamline”, “Scale back”. While EU communiqués often find creative ways to avoid uttering the word “deregulation”, this new European Commission is all about boosting the bloc’s ...

When you woke up this morning, you may have noticed that your email inbox has been flooded with emails from businesses and organizations informing you that they have “updated their privacy policy”.

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), on request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal of Cluj, Romania, has issued a ...

The incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launch is a hot topic at the moment, and that’s not surprising. After all, it’s the most significant change to data protection laws in several ...

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The U.S. takes credit for creating the Internet, and the European Union seems determined to govern it. On Friday, a sweeping new directive goes into effect called the General Data Protection ...

How did it come about? In January 2012, the European Commission set out plans for data protection reform across the European Union in order to make Europe 'fit for the digital age'. Almost four years ...

It’s been clear from the outset that almost no one outside the E.U.–consumers and businesses alike–can predict just how the GDPR may impact them. We won’t know for some time what its real-world ...