The tech world has been bracing for a new set of European privacy rules that go into effect: the General Data Protection Regulation, better known as GDPR. Companies will have either changed how they ...

GDPR is finally here, and it's here to stay. The 25th of May is not the finish line; it's really only the beginning. GDPR's impact will be felt across the board and across the world. ZDNet discussed ...

As soon as Facebook’s data abuse scandal broke, questions of legality and regulation quickly came into focus. Most notably, the scandal found itself at odds with a piece of legislation in the European ...

On 25 May 2018 the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. At its heart, GDPR set out to update rules around privacy and consent for the digital age and to ensure ...

The European Commission has given its clearest signal yet that it’s prepared to intervene over weak enforcement of the EU’s data protection rules against big tech. Today the bloc’s executive also had ...

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) arriving within weeks, businesses are now in the final sprint to achieve compliance before the May 25 deadline. As most people know by now, GDPR is a ...

The use of third party cookies for ad tracking and targeting by data broker giants Oracle and Salesforce is the focus of class action style litigation announced today in the UK and the Netherlands.