Month: February 2026

Data protection digest 3-17 Feb 2026: When using anonymisation for deletion, controllers have differing degrees of success – EDPB

Data deletion requests Throughout 2025, 32 supervisory authorities across the EU/EEA launched coordinated investigations into controllers’ compliance with the right to erasure under the GDPR. Now, the EDPB has published a report of the findings. As the right to deletion is not absolute, some controllers face difficulties in assessing and applying the conditions for exercising […]

Does the GDPR apply to my US company?

Introduction The usual assumption of most US businesses is, “the GDPR is an EU regulation, hence it does not impact my organisation.” This belief results most often in unnecessary risk. The US equivalent of this misconception would be a company registered in Texas thinking its services don’t fall under the scope of the CCPA.  The […]

Data protection digest 19 Jan – 2 Feb 2026: New PETs guide, Digital identities ecosystem & employees’ surveillance fine

Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) The Israeli data protection authority published a technical guide to Privacy Enhancing Technologies, available in English. PETs are a diverse family of methods, processes, and digital tools that are appropriate for different stages in the information life cycle: Stay up to date! Sign up to receive our fortnightly digest via email. […]

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