The UK’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) is planning to fine Marriott International £99m (€109.93m) for last year’s data breach. The proposed Marriott fine comes hot on the heels of a record-breaking GDPR fine of £183 million imposed by the ICO…

The UK’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has levied a record-breaking £183.39 million (€204.62 million) GDPR fine on British Airways for failing to protect customers’ financial and personal data following a cyber-attack on its website last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office…

Since the GDPR came into effect, it brought a sea-change in how organizations must treat data and protect it. The GDPR necessitates the drafting of policies and to have security measures in place and there is no explicit obligation under…

This article, written by Dr Roselyn Borg and Mr Angelito Sciberras, was first published in the 10th annual Business Leaders Annual Conference’s magazine. — Dear GDPR, Before you were born, you already attained a lot of attention. Now you have…

Malta registers a high incidence of data breach reports per capita A year ago, 25th May 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force with a seismic shift in privacy and information rights. It brought new and…

It is almost a year since the General Data Aegis Regulation (GDPR) came into force. It has made a paramount impact on business demeanour: especially on marketing which has become more conscientious. It has also affected consumers who are maybe…

It has been almost a year since the GDPR regulation came into force, along with the new data protection regime for data processors. It has had a major impact on the responsibilities of both data controllers and their data processors….

On the eve of the Data Protection Day in Europe, the European Commission released a statement on the status of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which came into force on 25th May 2018. In its statement, the Commission…

Since its inception, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has brought a paradigm shift within the organisations regarding data privacy landscape. Handling subject access requests (SARs) effectively and within the prescribed time remains a challenge for many employers especially where…

21 law in collaboration with 21 Academy shall be organising a half day conference to mark the one year of the GDPR coming into force. On the 5th June 2019 just over one year would have passed since the General…