The appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is mandatory for certain organisations under the GDPR. This is particularly true for public authorities; organisations that engage in large-scale ...

One (Case C-300/21) deals with compensation for breaches of the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and the second (Case C-487/21) clarifies the nature of information that ...

GUEST OPINION: In today's digital age, data protection has become a paramount concern for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. With the increasing reliance on digital ...

The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) is the strongest privacy and security law in the world. This regulation updated and modernised the principles of the 1995 data protection directive. It ...

In a landmark settlement, T-Mobile agrees to a $350 million payout following a massive data breach that exposed sensitive information of 76 million customers. Eligible victims could receive up to ...

The 2019 Facebook Data Breach. The 2019 breach exposed the personal information of 533 million Facebook users across 157 countries through a technique known as "scraping." Attackers exploited a ...

As a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, and bearing in mind its Privileges and Immunities, national or regional data protection legislation is not applicable to UNESCO. UNESCO defines ‘personal ...

Protecting people forced to flee also means protecting their personal data. In carrying out the UNHCR mandate and as a data-intensive organization, the UN Refugee Agency places the utmost importance ...

BERLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A German court said on Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally obtained in 2018 and 2019 were eligible for compensation.