How did it come about? In January 2012, the European Commission set out plans for data protection reform across the European Union in order to make Europe 'fit for the digital age'. Almost four years ...

As soon as Facebook’s data abuse scandal broke, questions of legality and regulation quickly came into focus. Most notably, the scandal found itself at odds with a piece of legislation in the European ...

Outside of dedicated circles, most laws and regulations don’t really get highlighted in the news. That said, those legislative initiatives that seek to make big changes in one or more sectors do get ...

A new European data regulation that just a month ago seemed like an obscure piece of legislation is suddenly on the lips of everyone in the tech industry. Already touted as “the most important change ...

What is European Charter of Fundamental Rights? Before we understand what GDPR is, we need to know that the European Union guarantees the same fundamental data protection to all residents of EU – be ...

If you’ve got an email address, chances are you will have heard about Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation. Indeed, it’s hard not to view the rules, or GDPR, as “a law created to fill your ...

The acronym may sound innocuous enough – what could be the harm in something called G-D-P-R? – but few business issues these days cause as much global disruption and boardroom angst as General Data ...

This is the first of three articles in which Purewal & Partners' Jas Purewal and Peter Lewin will explore the EU General Data Protection Regulation, an imminent reform that will have a huge impact on ...