Vanta outlines crucial GDPR compliance steps for startups, emphasizing ethical data management, legal requirements, and ...

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 ...

The EDPB is an independent European legal body responsible for ensuring consistent application of EU data protection rules, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as the Data ...

The Omnibus Proposals form part of the Commission’s simplification agenda under the competitiveness compass, which aims to reduce administrative burdens by at least 25% for all companies and 35% for ...

In December 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU AI Act. In our article titled An Introduction to the EU AI Act, we focused on applicability, thresholds, timing, and ...

The EU General Court has ruled against the European Commission for failing to comply with its own GDPR data protection regulations. It's ordered the Commission to pay €400 in damages to a German man, ...

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in effect since 2018, requiring companies to securely handle users’ personal data. The European Commission (EC) will reportedly ...

Many civil society organizations are unhappy about the EU Commission’s plans to reopen the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), claiming that the text should be considered a cornerstone of the ...

A new Ethereum privacy proposal suggests modular design and privacy tech can help the network align with EU GDPR rules while preserving decentralization. As the Ethereum ecosystem and its core ...

The European Commission has proposed a “Digital Omnibus” package that would relax parts of the GDPR, the AI Act, and Europe’s cookie rules in the name of competitiveness and simplification. If you ...

In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky discuss how US courts address the tension between the expansive scope of US discovery and the restrictive framework ...