The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will officially come into force on 25 May 2018. GDPR’s reach is global. Any company that offers goods or services to anyone in the EU will be required to comply. If you haven’t started to comply, or are not sure what to do next, following these steps will help ensure you […]

Data breaches that arise after new EU data protection laws take effect but which stem from security flaws that were known about prior to then will be enforced under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK’s data protection watchdog has said. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) clarified the position in a blog about the […]

Businesses in the UK — whether B2B or B2C — are racing against the clock to get ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), coming into force on May 25, 2018. Even though the UK has opted to leave the EU after GDPR was agreed upon, the rules still apply. In fact, it will […]

The vast majority of FTSE 350 and Fortune 500 believe they are well on track when it comes to complying with GDPR regulations – underestimating the enormous task facing them. A survey of 100 FTSE 350 General Counsel and Chief Security Officers, and 100 Fortune 500 GCs and CSOs by law firm Paul Hastings found […]

Are you ready for 2018’s privacy rules? Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation scare season is in full swing and suppliers are pretty much saying “buy our stuff or risk fines up to four per cent of your annual revenues.” If you haven’t done any preparation yet, is it really that bad and what should you […]

The May deadline to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is swiftly approaching, and ad tech and security startups are forming a new industry: privacy tech. Companies like PageFair, Evidon, Prifender, Tealium and Segment hope to capitalize with GDPR compliance solutions for brands, publishers and even other ad tech vendors. The International Association […]

If you haven’t yet heard of the GDPR, then by 25 May 2018 you certainly will have. GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation, and is being introduced to address modern concerns over data protection in the digital age. The way we use data has evolved significantly over the past 20 years. Those four little letters […]

There are good reasons why so few meaningful laws exist to govern the Internet. If there were an easy way to govern it, many more such laws would presumably have been implemented years ago. Cyberspace is a fast moving and ever-changing landscape that caters to criminality, and illegal and outrageous behavior. No set of laws […]