The General Data Protection Regulation's Article 5 describes seven data protection principles for the lawful processing of personal data. Although the GDPR is often framed as the "right to be ...

This working paper gives an overview of legal standards related to personal data protection. It explores trends, principles and good practices and brings them in relation to the world of work. The aim ...

Data breach penalties can be very high but reputational loss comes at an even higher cost! Put your money to better use by learning to evaluate the reasons that hinder a global consensus on how to ...

January 12, 2023 - The year 2023 will go down in history as marking the beginning of a profound shift in the philosophy underlying data privacy laws in the United States. Historically data privacy ...

Alexander Beck, Senior Data Protection Officer based in Copenhagen, on the particular role of data protection for UNHCR. Since 2015, UNHCR has its own Data Protection Policy. This is the first data ...

The Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 is the UK’s data protection law. It brings the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into the UK’s legal system and defines how personal data should be ...

While GDPR looms large across the Asia-Pacific region, there are significant differences as jurisdictions develop their own national approaches to privacy. There’s also a growing focus on data ...

Resettlement relies on the processing of personal data of refugees. This personal data is collected and processed for the purposes of assessing an individual’s eligibility and suitability for ...

Introduction On August 4, 2026, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (“NDPC”) published a press release announcing the Federal ...