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UK Covid-19 tracing app and GDPR implications

Authorities worldwide have been using technology to help curve the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK government has been running the Test and Trace program since May 2020 but have not carried out the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under this law, companies and government […]

Italian telecom operator facing fines for failure to abide by the GDPR

Since its inception, the strict General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) known as GDPR has made a significant impact on data protection. European countries – the United Kingdom for example – have taken the data protection issue very seriously and they came up with their own national version of the law. The GDPR entered into force […]