The European Union has renewed adequacy decisions with the UK, keeping the door open for free data flows between the two ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled against a European Union directive which mandates that telecom operators must retain all their customers' communications data for up to two years. "The ...

The European data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx, has determined that current EU legislation on the retention of personal data contradicts rights to privacy and data protection. EURACTIV France ...

A draft of the European Directive on data retention has been leaked, revealing that Brussels will be asking for all communications records to be held for a minimum of six months. The latest version of ...

The European General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), the most significant change to data protection in three decades, becomes effective on May 25, 2018. The regulation intends to strengthen ...

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 federal government has launched the Nigerian Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation Directive (NDP ACT-GAID) in its quest towards safeguarding the fundamental rights and ...