#General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

By Kyriaki Stinga and Adonis Zachariou On September 3, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgement in Case C-798/24, Jautiva, addressing the compatibility of unrestricted public ...

Municipalities are allowed to install security cameras in public places in the name of safety and protection, however before doing so they are obliged to carry out a General Data ...

Having lived here getting on for 26 years with our daughter being born here and educated through the Cypriot state system, and myself being involved in much inward investment in the ...

The European Commission plans to take no action over allegations that the personal data of more than 350,000 people was leaked after a file belonging to the Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP) has strengthened the public’s rights and reinforced accountability in the handling of personal data, data protection commissioner Maria Christofidou said on Monday. The ...

The data protection authority has formally requested the immediate suspension of Fidias Panayiotou’s agora application, citing non-compliance with the European general data protection regulation (GDPR). Speaking to the Cyprus ...

It is extremely difficult to understand the rationale, if there is any, behind the opinion issued by the legal service, asserting that the disclosure of the names of the companies ...

There is a tendency in Cyprus either to completely ignore EU directives or to implement them with excessive zeal. In the former category are nature conservation, waste management, water protection ...

With surveillance cameras becoming all the more prominent, police have had to increasingly rely on the public and cameras installed outside private properties to help them gather evidence in a ...

Data protection commissioner Irini Loizidou Nicolaidou on Tuesday expressed her “disappointment” after an Elam member revealed the names of a whole class of kindergartners in a social media post. She ...

Cyprus has handled over 2,500 complaints and imposed more than €1.5 million in administrative fines in the six years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, Commissioner for Personal ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Nikolaos Prakas The wave of cyber-attacks crippling the online services of key Cyprus institutions was most serious at the Open University, as stolen personal data was ...

Compliance and data sovereignty are now considered to be strong factors in the way businesses and organisations make decisions about their digital and technology strategies, according to a survey conducted ...

The Data Commissioner’s office said on Wednesday it has officially approved the operation of the traffic cameras with fines being issued from January 1. Following consultations with the police and ...