In our daily lives in this digital world, we often accord higher value to convenience than to the security of our data. However, the threat to our personal data, which increasingly accompanies or even determines many of our important personal decisions, such as securing a loan or buying an insurance policy, is immense. The risks range from spam emails, to the more serious matter of identity theft and other variations of organised cybercrime. Hence, trust — whether an individual can leave their data with a second party without the latter sharing it with third parties — is too big a factor to leave unregulated anymore. And that is where data protection and privacy laws come in. READ MORE
