In this new data protection column, we look at GDPR and how companies are meeting the challenge and what lies ahead for businesses built on data. Sixteen months ago, the European Parliament ...

In a month with two gargantuan fines levied at tech companies for data breaches, the full effects of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are coming into focus. GDPR, which took effect ...

A crucial mechanism for transferring EU citizen data between the United States and Europe has been ruled as invalid in what could be a major blow to thousands of companies. However, privacy and rights ...

EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has started examining whether the bloc's top institutions and agencies are effectively protecting citizens' personal data when using ...

Use of Google Analytics has now been found to breach European Union privacy laws in France — after a similar decision was reached in Austria last month. The French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, ...

For countries in the European Union, finding a way to legally transfer personal data to the US is a problem with no easy answers. There has been much talk, legal advice, technical fixes and short-term ...

The EU-US Privacy Shield has been declared invalid, meaning it is now unlawful to transfer personal data to the USA using it. In a judgment announced today, the Court ...

A report by the lead data watchdog for a large number of tech giants operating in Europe shows a significant increase in privacy complaints and data breach notifications since the region’s updated ...

Jason Crabtree is the CEO and Co-Founder of QOMPLX. Previously, he served as a Special Advisor to senior leaders in the DoD cyber community. Recently, the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) dealt a major blow ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered a fatal blow to the Privacy Shield agreement negotiated with the United States Department of Commerce in 2016 ...