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84% of US employees have never heard of GDPR
2019-06-12 13:00

A survey of corporate employees by insider threat management company ObserveIT reveals a greater understanding of privacy laws in the UK than in the US.

Analysis Shows Poor GDPR Compliance in European Websites
2019-05-30 15:29

Marking the one-year anniversary of GDPR coming into force (May 25, 2018), a web-scanning service has analyzed the visible GDPR compliance of the 100 most popular websites in each of the 28...

Under GDPR, UK Data Breach Reports Quadruple
2019-05-29 11:48

After Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect, Data Security Complaints DoubledOne year after Europe's tough new GDPR privacy law went into full effect last May, authorities in Britain have seen the...

Most global workers noticed stricter policies at work as a result of GDPR
2019-05-28 05:00

When enforcement of the GDPR went into effect on May 25, 2018, it had worldwide implications on data protection and privacy legislation. One year later, there are conflicting sentiments from the...

What the future looks like as GDPR's one-year anniversary approaches
2019-05-24 17:57

ZDNet's Danny Palmer sits down with TechRepublic's Karen Roby to break down exactly what GDPR is, what it does, and what the future looks like as its one-year anniversary approaches.

One Year on, EU's GDPR Sets Global Standard for Data Protection
2019-05-24 14:24

The EU's strict data laws have set the global benchmark for protecting personal information online since coming into force a year ago, but some worry that many users have barely noticed the...

A closer look at mobile permissions one year into GDPR
2019-05-24 05:00

With GDPR reaching its one year anniversary May 25, Airship revealed top-level results of its global benchmark study, examining the state of mobile app user permissions across nearly 700 million...

GDPR fines levied so far: The lessons businesses can learn
2019-05-23 18:13

After one year of enforcement of the GDPR, businesses can learn much from how the provisions of the regulation have been applied and how organizations have been fined.

Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR
2019-05-23 05:15

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union a year ago this month. GDPR, which gives EU citizens more control over their personal data by mandating how...

GDPR: One Year Down…Now What?
2019-05-22 17:38

On May 25, 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation came into law for European Union countries, created to protect data relating to E.U. citizens, ensuring the right to know what is being...