By Neil Hodge2024-03-29T13:41:00
Europe’s key regulator for data privacy has new leadership, but it is uncertain whether this will result in any change of direction.
On Feb. 20, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland had begun their five-year terms as commissioners. The duo succeeded Helen Dixon, who had been in the role for nearly a decade.
A third commissioner seat at the agency remains to be filled.
2024-07-16T17:25:00Z By Jeff Dale
The data protection authority of Lithuania levied a fine of 2.4 million euros (U.S. $2.6 million) against Vinted UAB, an online clothing trading and exchange platform, for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
2024-04-19T19:16:00Z By Neil Hodge
Big Tech firms might need to rethink their plans to charge users for not selling their personal data for behavioral advertising following a decision by Europe’s primary data regulator.
2024-04-01T13:22:00Z By Neil Hodge
The European Union’s AI Act follows a risk-based approach: the higher the risk the artificial intelligence poses, the stricter the rules. Understanding each category is key to compliance.
2025-10-14T19:44:00Z By Anna Grover, CW guest columnist
Most compliance professionals have faced it: a regulator or client requests a policy, and several slightly different “final” versions appear. The issue often stems from reactive, siloed work without a unified governance framework.
2025-10-10T20:28:00Z By Tom Fox
Compliance professionals have long known that systems fail when governance does. An MIT study’s finding that 95 percent of enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) pilots fail underscores how essential compliance-grade discipline is to the success of emerging technologies.
2025-10-09T15:24:00Z By Brett Erickson, CW guest columnist
Banks emphasize risk-based compliance in their AML programs, citing it to regulators and embedding it in policy, yet many institutions still handle risk very differently in practice.
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