In late May, the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect, changing the manner in which companies all over the world – not just those in the EU – store and use ...

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 ...

If two companies jointly organize a competition in which the name and address are collected by the participants for the subsequent delivery of the prizes. If a website operator integrates a Facebook ...

Let’s all take a minute to appreciate the view in the British Airways social media cockpit, where staffers at the coalface of the airline’s Twitter account have presided over a wildly unusual ...

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 ...

Companies with a global presence face the challenge of achieving compliance with an increasing array of regional data-protection regulations. With many jurisdictions embracing EU-style privacy rules ...

While GDPR means companies need to prepare, many have focused on the challenges alone, but there are positives for both organizations and their customers too. In December 2016, the European Parliament ...

In less than 12 months, new legislation comes into place across the European Union (EU) that will radically change the terms of use for personal data. The General ...

The European Union’s top court has handed down a couple of notable rulings today in the arena of data protection. One (Case C-300/21) deals with compensation for breaches of the bloc’s General Data ...

Don't make the mistake of thinking the GDPR regulation only affects our friends and neighbors overseas. There may be real implications here at home. Now that Europe’s General Data Protection ...

WHOIS, the searchable “phonebook” of contact data for internet domains, may violate GDPR — or it may not. A lawsuit seeks to find out which it is. The WHOIS internet domain directory is at the center ...

The European Union's data privacy regulations have reduced artificial intelligence innovation, according to Northeastern University research. The extent of this dampening, however, depends on ...