17 May 2021 During 2020, the total fines imposed on different infringements throughout the EU member states, as well as the UK, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein was of €272.5 million. This was reported in the DLA Piper GDPR fines and…

Guest Post by Sonya Sammut 19 April 2021 As the mother of two boys and one dog, and the woman who fights chaos to extract order in the house, I am privileged to serve as the minister of home affairs….

8th February 2021 – Written by Vivendo Operating away from the office had become commonplace well before we found ourselves migrating to our homes en masse. In general, the flexibility is welcome, but it is important to remember that sitting…

12th January 2021 Many times we are asked to explain the different terminologies used to categorise qualifications and to compare qualifications attained in different countries. HR professionals, especially those working in recruitment especially those working in recruitment and training and…

12th January 2021 What we are facing, tips how to handle this and our collaboration with Richmond Foundation Employees just like each and every one of us have their own personal lives to handle and this last year the pandemic…

11th November 2020 As if the impact of COVID-19 on Human Resources Management during the last months was not enough (to which we have at least growing accustomed by now) employers are currently reeling from novel provisions contained in new…

14th October 2020 Just as the Deputy Information Data Commissioner, Ian Deguara, had announced during our GDPR – 2 years on Conference held last June, the office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) has started making public the…

6th October 2020 The Swedish Retail Company H&M has been subjected to a €35 million fine by Hamburg’s Data Protection Authority, after it was found guilty of breaching the GDPR. Since 2014, the company has been illegally and excessively monitoring…

16th July 2020 Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has struck down the validity of the EU – US Privacy Shield data flow agreement, which provides for the safe transfer of data between the European Union and the United…

Data breach reports decreased while fines increased 25th June 2020 OSS decisions to be published by the EDPB €28,000 fines by the IDPC in the first 6 months of 2020 Most of local breaches caused by employees’ error Cyber-attacks are…