The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA“) is now effective, since 1 July 2021, meaning that compliance with the act is required. The focus of this post is on the value of a privacy policy/notice and how it can help you comply with your…

Denmark is effectively banning Google’s services in schools, after officials in the municipality of Helsingør were last year ordered to carry out a risk assessment around the processing of personal data by Google.

The EU Ombudsman has asked the European Commission for more information as part of its inquiry into the monitoring of data protection rules in Ireland.

Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly launched the investigation in February following a complaint to her office from…

Iceland’s Data Protection Authority is examining the use of Google Chromebooks in Icelandic schools, <a href="https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2022/07/18/skoda_notkun_kromboka_i_skolum_landsins/">mbl.is</a> reports. The devices, similar to laptops, were…

Directive (EU) 2019/520 allows road haulage[1] companies to benefit from the services of European Electronic Toll Service providers (service providers allowing a road user to pay tolls in at least four EU Member States with only one on-board device and one…

The State Data Protection Inspectorate has launched an official investigation due to a cyber-attack against the online advertising portal <a href="https://www.alio.lt">Alio.lt</a> that was identified last Wednesday, 13th July 2022. Attempts were made to pull…

Russia fined Google 21.1 billion rubles ($374 million) on Monday for repeatedly failing to “remove prohibited information” — content related to the country’s invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine. The country’s telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor cited…

Increasingly, absent a federal framework, U.S. states are passing privacy and security laws aimed at protecting people’s data. The California Consumer Privacy Act is perhaps the best known, followed by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the New…

The UK government is refusing to run a public consultation on the expanded use of centralized data analytics on personal health information – under a £360 million ($432 million) contract that spy-tech business Palantir is tipped to win.

Minister of State…

La privacy non va in vacanza. Nemmeno sulle spiagge, dove capita sempre più spesso sentire ronzii e brusii appena sopra le teste dei bagnanti che, alzando gli occhi, si trovano scrutati dai droni.

Qualche mese fa, il Garante per la privacy ha acceso un faro…

Data protection has come into focus for enterprises globally, with more and more companies building their fortune off data processing, one way or another. Even with known legislative attempts, protecting consumer data is a worldwide concern, especially in…

A summary of our publishing activities and the importance of monitoring the most innovative and relevant topics

Una sintesi delle nostre attività editoriali e l’importanza di monitorare i temi più innovativi e rilevanti

L'anno 2022 volge al termine e per il prossimo 2023 proponiamo sinteticamente di seguito alcuni "buoni propositi privacy":


impegnati a ridurre al minimo i rischi per evitare incidenti o data breach...

The year 2022 is drawing to a close, and for the coming 2023, we briefly propose some "privacy resolutions" below:


commit to minimize risks to avoid incidents or data breaches;
review the privacy po...