The preparations for the application of the GDPR have come to its final phase, since the Regulation is directly applicable in all EU Member States from May 25. Despite the fact that the Regulation will soon become part of the daily practice, there are still many misunderstandings and myths…

Data protection rules such as the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) apply to personal data. But what does personal data mean? According to the GDPR, ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable…

The concept of personal data breaches was not introduced by the GDPR, but the GDPR contains a number of provisions relating to personal data breaches that data controllers (and processors) must also be aware of. What is a personal data breach? The concept of personal data breaches is closely…

Many data controllers consider consent as the primary or preferred legal basis for data processing. Although in many cases it would be justified to use another legal basis instead of the consent, data controllers often obtain consents from the data subjects. Not only data controllers have this…

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…