The Dutch Data Protection Authority just released its GDPR fining policy, being the first country to do so. GDPR allows for a maximum fine of 4 percent of global revenue or €20 million, whichever is ...

Since GDPR came into effect last year, Google has been at the center of two connected issues around resolving identity in digital marketing. First, it planned to remove the DoubleClick ID (now the ...

If you haven’t used your Ubisoft account in a while, there’s a chance the game publisher might nuke your account for being inactive— that’s the reality one gamer said he discovered after stepping away ...

Blockchain technology, and its use as a distributed ledger system, has seen a dramatic uptick in commercial use in recent years. The renewable energy sector has followed that trend, applying ...

Although the GDPR fine value was slightly higher in 2025, the number of personal data breach reports rose even more.

25 May 2018 was a red-letter day for the global ecosystem of data protection laws, with revolutionary legislation that changed the global business landscape coming into force, namely the General Data ...

108 civil society organisations (including IFEX), academics, companies and other experts have called on the European Commission to protect people's rights and dignity in a data-driven world by ...

If the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) managed to do one thing, it was to capture our attention. It threatened to bring chaos and devastation, but as the day arrived, the wave didn’t crash.

Data privacy laws and protections against harvesting user data for AI development will be rolled back if new proposals to be released by the EU on Wednesday become law. A leaked European Commission ...

An incoming privacy policy change announced by TikTok yesterday for users in Europe — which, for the first time, names China as one of several third countries where user data can be remotely accessed ...

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation came into effect earlier this year and for the most part, big companies have been able to adapt to the new continent-wide privacy standards. Google is ...