The GDPR is a regulation adopted by the European Parliament inApril 2016, replacing an outdated data protection directive from 1995. It carries provisions that require businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens for transactions that occur within EU member state...
The UK is currently set to leave the European Union on 31 October 2019. The UK government has said this won't impact GDPR being enforced in the country, and thatGDPR will work for the benefit of the UKdespite the country ceasing to be an EU member. So Brexit is unlikely to have any ...
Why is all this happening? GDPR seeks to expand and update rules that have been in place since 1995, and unify a patchwork of different laws into one piece of legislation. The European Union said the new rules are necessary to protect consumers in an era of huge cyberattacks and data le...
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, (or EU Regulation 2016/679 if you want to be official) is one of the most significant and wide-ranging pieces of legislation passed relating to technology and the internet. Approved by the European Union in April 2016, and having come into fo...
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it comes to the new Regulation so, to help you out, we’ve created a dedicatedGDPR web pagewith a tonne of information about the GDPR, including what it is, why it came about, a glossary of terms and the most important of the changes the GDPR brings to EU data privacy legislation. ...
Since then, the GDPR has become the world’s most influential data privacy law, impacting legislation in other countries and affecting how companies do business in Europe. One of the most newsworthy aspects of GDPR enforcement is the fines levied against some companies found to have violated the...
In respect of the Processing activities described in this privacy policy (the “Policy”), what3words Limited, a company with its registered address at Studio 301 Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Rd, London, England, W2 5EU, UK (“what3words”, “we” or “us”) is the Controller, unl...
Businesses can relax, somewhat – GDPR, which took businesses months to get their heads around, is not being replaced. It will continue as the UK GDPR 2018, and will still be based on the criteria of the Data Protection Act of 2018. However, the UK will retain the right to cha...
What unites collaborative crime-fighting and information sharing and how we can use it to tackle financial crime – as an industry.