Data watchdog has power in inquiry into individual complaint to make orders affecting general data access practices, High ...

Privacy laws give users certain rights over their data, but no jurisdiction has granted them actual ownership of it ...

The Data Protection Commission has fined PTSB a total of €277,500 over a series of personal data breaches which were first reported to the DPC in May 2022.

By Sam Tobin and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, May 5 (Reuters) - Ireland's Data Protection Commission has opened an inquiry into Chinese online retailer Shein over the transfer of European users' data to ...

On May 21, 2026, the Texas Attorney General filed suit against Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) and WhatsApp, LLC (WhatsApp) in ...

A citizen lodged a claim for privacy breach. What they didn't expect was an encouragement to settle with the most ...

Spain’s data protection watchdog has handed travel technology giant Amadeus a €14.4 million fine after ruling that a pilot project used traveller booking data ...

Reflecting on the EU GDPR's 10-year legacy, highlighting key themes from European DPAs 2025 annual reports and previewing major digital policy developments expected across Europe in the coming months.

Sensitive owner data and fines for tens of thousands of Swiss drivers were exposed online due to errors by parking enforcement firms.

As more African countries roll out DPI programs, Mauritius is positioning itself as a model for how data protection and ...

Facebook operator Meta has lost a key legal challenge against a state watchdog’s preliminary draft decision which signalled the possibility of fines totalling up to €430m to be levied against the tech ...

Major companies across the European Union have faced substantial fines between 2019 and 2024, estimated at a total of €930 million (about $1.08 billion), not only for cyberattacks or data breaches, ...