In this fourth alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective actions legislation titled the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ...

In the latest of a series of actions meant to bolster the E.U.-wide,1995 Data Protection Directive, the European Commission announced on Thursday that it is taking Austria to court for failing to ...

Hope everyone had wonderful Fourth of July holiday. Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Manager, at the Volkov Law Group rejoins us for Parts III and IV of his series on the EU Whistleblower Directive. Article 17 ...

The European Commission’s draft law on personal data protection has too many loopholes, say critics, with special privileges for police a major concern. “You need some kind of flexibility because ...

Under pressure from CNIL and other authorities to allow more time for revisions to be made, the French data protection authority said instead of publishing proposals by the end of the year, as ...

The German Parliament said Tuesday that the European Commission’s controversial Data Retention Directive may be illegal. The directive requires European communications service providers to retain data ...

European Union data-protection reform proposals could undermine basic privacy rights globally, a growing chorus of critics say. More than 60 civil rights groups from all corners of the world including ...

The European Parliament approved a new data-protection directive for the telecommunication sector Thursday. Parliament largely approved the compromise on the directive on data protection that was ...

Google has criticised how the EU Data Protection Directive is being implemented. While the principles of the directive are sound and have been adopted by many countries, the application of them "no ...

The European Union's regulatory revolution in data stewardship is not limited to the uber-hyped General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), taking effect on May 25. A separate deadline for each of the ...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising ...

Google has criticized how the EU Data Protection Directive is being implemented. While the principles of the directive are sound and have been adopted by many countries, the application of them "no ...