The General Data Protection Regulation's Article 5 describes seven data protection principles for the lawful processing of personal data. Although the GDPR is often framed as the "right to be ...

What is the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)? The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) is a legislative framework in the United Kingdom governing the processing of personal data. Enacted in 2018, it ...

Most people associate data protection with legislation, most recently the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR). However, it should be appreciated that this ...

UNHCR’s General Policy on Personal Data Protection and Privacy (GDPP) brings the Agency’s longstanding human rights-based approach to data protection and privacy ...

This blog is a shortened and edited version of a speech (full version available here) delivered at the G7-DPA Roundtable on 6 September 2022. Data flows with trust are critical, not only for a free ...

Alexander Beck, Senior Data Protection Officer based in Copenhagen, on the particular role of data protection for UNHCR. Since 2015, UNHCR has its own Data Protection Policy. This is the first data ...