It seems that a fairly severe, sweeping data privacy law in Europe could be just the incentive news organizations needed to trim the number of third-party cookies and content loading on their sites ...

It's the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an EU-wide set of rules governing data privacy in the age of the internet. It came into effect in May last year, and will remain part of UK law ...

The UK has left the European Union. It’s left the single market. And now it wants to leave behind the rules that require companies protect your personal data. “The GDPR is by no means perfect, and ...

It's been two and a half years since the EU started implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and despite a timid start, the new laws are now gathering pace – with only larger fines ...

European Commission decides UK provides adequate level of data protection, but can cancel the agreement if it sees the UK moving away from the EU model. The European Commission has granted the UK data ...

Companies in Europe are facing increasing pressure to respond to data breaches while ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations. The rise in data breaches, including those involving personal data and ...

Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent, covering tech policy and Big Tech in the EU and UK. Unofficially, she serves as CNET's Taylor ...

The United States Northern District Court of California dismissed a case earlier this week brought by Hugo Elliott, a citizen of the UK who lives in England, against the American ad tech company ...

Meta’s surveillance-based business model is facing an interesting legal challenge in the U.K. from an individual who’s suing over its continued processing of her data for ad targeting — despite her ...