European Data Protection Day is an annual event on January 28. In particular, its dedication is to raising awareness about the importance of personal data protection and privacy. The establishment of that day came to commemorate the signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection, on January 28, 1981. Privacy and the protection of personal data are more critical now than ever. With the advent of the internet and technology, our data…

The arrival of the GDPR, without a doubt, set the rules to avoid any arbitrariness in processing personal data. However, there are certain types of data that the General Data Protection Regulation considers sensitive personal data. It, therefore, classifies them in a particular category of personal data. Which are those particular categories of personal data? The GDPR clearly defines what data is considered sensitive personal data and falls into this particular category: Data related to racial or ethnic origin. Political…