Luxembourg, 23 October 2026 – Eva Ntovolou, founder of Just.Data.Lawgic. (JDL), has been named DPO of the Year 2026 at the Cybersecurity Week Luxembourg Gala & Awards Night, organised by the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity on 22 October 2026. The award recognises outstanding contributions to the data protection profession and Read more
Companies and organisations routinely hold meetings and document outcomes through minutes. But what about recording them to ensure accuracy? The CNPD issued a related opinion on April 1st, 2026 and no, it’s not an April’s fool joke. While audio recordings may seem practical, they also raise a few data protection Read more
Friends and family often ask me which platform they should use so that their messages are private and secure. The discussion has sparked again since Instagram announced that, as of May 8th, 2026, they will discontinue optional end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages. Meta is removing it due to low Read more
You’ve trained your employees. They completed the slides and passed the quiz. Yet, one week later, people can’t cite anything from said training, teams still have different standards and mistakes keep happening. Sounds familiar? I’ve seen this pattern one too many times, and actually I have been asked to follow Read more
Most companies are already using AI; in fact if you are not using it you risk being tagged as “overly conservative and risk-averse” or too “legacy thinking”… The use is not the problem though, the problem is the lack of control around it. From a legal and governance perspective there Read more
Yesterday, the Luxembourg Administrative Court issued a historical ruling in the long-running dispute between Amazon Europe Core S.à r.l. and the Luxembourg data protection authority (CNPD), concerning the €746 million fine imposed by the latter in 2021. The violations examined in the case were related to the legal basis for Read more
Or… is he? Years after my dad passed away, I found my mom giggling on her phone. It was the first time she looked happy and playful so, naturally, I was intrigued. Turns out, she was chatting with a very handsome man in his early 30s who contacted her online Read more
Happy International Women’s Day! I’ve been fond of this day ever since I was an international student in Genova, Italy, and I’d get bunches of mimosas everywhere… I used to think that it kind of has no sense: if women are advocating for equal rights, why would they need their Read more
You know the five love languages, right? ❤️ Words of affection ❤️Physical touch ❤️Receiving gifts ❤️Quality time ❤️Acts of service Well… yes, if you ask me there is a 6th one: DATA MAPPING. (or maybe it fits in one of the already existing categories? experts, comment below and let me Read more
The Data Protection Day this year found me in the hospital, following a minor operation. Here is how it went: You get where I am going with this? Are those incidents justified because of: In my opinion, NO. It’s not only about privacy in this case but also about patient Read more