The principle of accountability almost always plays a key role when the EU’s new Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is discussed. This principle is often referred to as a "super principle". Although the accountability principle has not been mentioned so often before, it is not a novelty introduced…

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR or Regulation) is applicable from May 25, 2018 and, for this purpose, many data controllers must perform a data protection impact assessment (DPIA). Last week, I summarised the basic rules of DPIAs and collected those cases when DPIAs need to be…

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR or Regulation) is applicable from May 25, 2018 and, for this purpose, many data controllers must perform a data protection impact assessment. The data protection impact assessment has been applied in some Member States of the European Union (e.g. UK,…

Obviously, in the past period, the GDPR (the new EU Data Protection Regulation) was the focus of data protection news. However, in the shadow of the GDPR, a draft e-Privacy Regulation was also issued in January 2017, which, if adopted, would replace Directive no. 2002/58/EC concerning the processing…

The official guidelines for the application of the EU Uniform Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679, "Regulation" or "GDPR") have been launched to help interpret the rules of the Regulation. In addition to the numerous published publications, blog posts and opinions, the official positions…