Members of the European Data Protection Board met in Vienna, Austria, last month to forge closer cooperation on strategic cases and increase the methods available to data protection authorities for enhancing enforcement. The initial result from the two-day meeting was a statement on enforcement coop...

As the EU General Data Protection Regulation celebrates its fourth anniversary since going into effect May 25, 2018, enforcement of the world's most comprehensive data protection regulation is still evolving.  No doubt, data protection authorities in the EU have been busy during the last four years...

There has been curiosity about how long it would take the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to delve into privacy matters once it had a full bench of commissioners and a Democratic majority. The answer took only three days as the agenda for the first public session following the swearing in of Alvaro Be...

A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union confirming consumer groups have a right to file representative actions over alleged EU General Data Protection Regulation violations, when permitted under national law, unblocks dozens of cases and puts an end to a lingering enforcement question...

Many organizations are proactively advancing diversity and inclusion goals globally to include a focus on recruitment and employee-directed initiatives. These efforts are consistent with organizational values and business goals, even in cases where diversity data collection may have the potential to...