The enforcement regime under the data protection law are tougher and the litigation risk is much more pronounced. There are also significant restrictions on liability. This means a bigger stick for the regulator, more rights for the individual as well as rights for pressure groups. On this...

Statistics say more than half of the world's population currently use a smartphone. This data from bitdefender.com suggests that up to 50 percent of everyone in our world today have personal information stored on their mobile devices. This could also be so because about half of the world's web...

As a data subject, you have a right to know the location of your personal information. You should also be aware of the safeguards that are in place to protect your data from exploitation. Why is this coming up? Because, from time to time, organisations and government agencies will transfer data...