Introduced as the successor of the mobile internet, the metaverse is aiming to be the global network of interconnected devices, characterized by advanced permeability of the delimitation between physical and digital realities (people, spaces and things in physical reality are recreated in digital realities), able to offer immersive and vivid experiences, based on connectivity and interoperability, technically made through computers, sm...

The year 2020 was an important one for data protection and cybersecurity, first of all as a result of the intervention of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, a context that made it difficult for authorities, data controllers, data subjects, but also boosted the use of the Internet. Using applications increases the risk of data security breaches. The authors propose a useful radiograph to practitioners, but also to the...

The general data protection regulation is the culmination of much tougher legislation in this area. Most of the companies established according to Law no. 31/1990 does not have to take special measures to comply with this legislation, but all companies must be diligent in their dealings with data subjects and the national supervisory authority. More needs to be done to raise awareness of the obligations in this area, involving authoriti...

The use of personal data is inevitable in any human activity, and, even more so, in educational, didactic activity. The teacher-student relationship subscribes not only to rules on education but also to compliance with national and European regulations. This is the main relationship established in education, but education is an equation with many factors and even more unknowns. The entry into force and implementation of the General Regu...

The importance of the virtual communities’ privacy and security issues has been highlighted by the rapid development of online social networks. This article presents a short history of the off-line and on-line communities, a part of the multiple threats currently plaguing the virtual world and some recommendations and countermeasures to avoid such problems. New generations of users are impatient in publishing their personal inform...

Work relationships are ubiquitous in the lives of any of us, especially since these relations actually cover any kind of relationship with a worker and even a service provider. Human resources departments are the most affected, actually or only potentially, by the General Data Protection Regulation („GDPR”). From modification of the job description to cases related to GDPR many issues relate to human resources management. Data processin...