Published January 20, 2021, 11:23 AM The shifting sands of the data protection landscape in 2020 and what it means for 2021 2020 was a challenging year. The global COVID-19 pandemic had severely impacted governments, industries, and people’s private lives. Companies and individuals had to face new work conditions with restricted travels and remote working employees and governments were challenged with ways to battle the pandemic with infection predictions, contact tracing, lockdowns, and containments. Companies had to prove flexibility to adjust to rapidly changing requirements (and environment) and meet security and data protection challenges, e.g.: Remote working options and conditions for employees; New online offers to reduce contacts; Physical and organizational measures to protect employees, customers, and suppliers in office environments; and Adjusting to legal obligations and requirements.