In the past months, European data protection supervisory authorities were pushing for opt-in consent as the standard model for using cookies that are not strictly technically necessary for the provision of a website...

GDPR rights aim to ensure transparency of data processing, and to enable individuals to have a say in which information on them is stored. Replies to related requests may contain sensitive information, if not a copy of all data retained...

Where processing of personal information is based on consent, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets quite a few conditions that must be met so that the user’s consent is regarded effective and lawful...

Data breaches often trigger administrative investigations as well as attention by the media, making data security to one of the major pitfalls for companies when it comes to GDPR compliance. We will explain strategic...

In the age of big data, the aim of giving natural persons effective control about what information exist about them out there seems ambitious. Nevertheless, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) includes the principles of data minimization...

Whilst debates among EU institutions and lobby groups on a revision of cookie regulations continue, the data protection supervisory authorities in Europe carry on with interpreting and enforcing the existing regulations by taking...

The ongoing debate surrounding Brexit is heating up across Europe. The rejection of Theresa May's negotiated deal by the British Parliament, along with the rejection of a "No-Deal Brexit" last Wednesday, has left the future uncertain...