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Public authority that monitor and supervise, through investigative and corrective powers, the application of the data protection law
UK law does not set universal, fixed retention periods for most types of personal data; controllers must justify retention based on purpose and document retention schedules (ICO guidance and Practical...
UK law does not set one single statutory period for online data retention; instead controllers must justify how long they keep personal data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) a...
The UK has placed a digital ID trust framework on a statutory footing through the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, and the government plans practical roll‑outs (eg, Right to Work checks and GOV.UK Wall...
The UK's digital ID programme aims to meet UK GDPR obligations through a combination of a statutory trust framework, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and certification of digital identity se...
French cybercrime investigators raided the offices of ’s social media company on 3 February 2026 as part of a widening, year‑long probe into , unlawful data extraction and harms tied to X’s AI chatbot...
The for reporting minors’ medical conditions are governed by a layered mix of data protection law ( and the ), healthcare confidentiality ethics, and obligations, with the child’s best interests and c...
Independent oversight of exists in patches around the world: data protection authorities in the (and the ’s ICO) exercise supervisory powers over biometric processing under the framework, several coun...
The UK’s trust framework and related laws aim to enforce data minimisation and purpose limitation for digital identity, mainly by making identities “reusable” so relying organisations do not re-collec...
Google offers a mix of account-level tools (Privacy Checkup, controls in Google Account), product-specific controls (Incognito, Results about you), and ad-industry technical options (Restricted Data P...
The UK's proposed digital ID system raises several centring on data security, misuse, and discrimination: critics warn of a large, attractive target for hackers and civil liberties groups warn of surv...