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The changing landscape of data protection legislation

For the past twenty years we have been living in the age of the digital revolution. With the growth of the internet, social media and the sophistication of technology, our lives have changed significantly. From how we communicate, travel, shop and ...

03 Aug 2017 at 15:51

Business

Countdown on for EU Data Protection legislation

With 87 working days to go before the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Legislation on 25th May 2018 the pressure on businesses and organisations to be Data Protection Accountable is enormous. Much has been written and articulated ...

25 Jan 2018 at 14:24

Local News

How to check if you are one of the 1.5 million Irish users involved in Facebook's data leak

Over the weekend, personal data of upwards of 533 million worldwide Facebook users - including an estimated 1.5 million Irish users - was published online. The information included phone numbers, Facebook IDs, names, locations, birthdates, and ...

06 Apr 2021 at 19:16

National News

Irish watchdog launches probe into Google’s AI model

Ireland’s data watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s AI model. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Thursday that it has commenced a statutory inquiry into Google under Section 110 of the Data Protection Act. The probe ...

12 Sept 2024 at 00:01

National News

WhatsApp challenges €225 million fine by Ireland’s data protection watchdog

WhatsApp has issued legal proceedings challenging the €225m fine it was hit with by Ireland’s data watchdog for breaching privacy regulations. The penalty, which was announced earlier this month, was the largest ever handed down by the Data ...

16 Sept 2021 at 17:13

National News

Meta fined more than 250 million euro by Irish data commission following breach

Meta has been fined more than 250 million euro (£206 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission over a data breach. The breach affected approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which some three million were based in ...

17 Dec 2024 at 19:08

Irish data watchdog fines Meta Ireland 390m euro

National News

Irish data watchdog to seek order to annul ‘problematic’ EU authority direction

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company Meta Ireland 390 million euro as a row erupted over whether further investigation of the use of people’s data is warranted. Meta Ireland was fined 210 million euro for ...

04 Jan 2023 at 16:37

National News

WhatsApp fined €5.5m by Ireland’s data watchdog

WhatsApp has been hit with a €5.5 million fine by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) rules. The penalty was described as “administrative” and is relatively ...

19 Jan 2023 at 15:20

National News

Facebook parent company fined 265 million euro by Irish data watchdog

Tech giant Meta has been fined 265 million euro by Ireland’s data protection watchdog for breaching EU data privacy laws. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the sanction against the Facebook parent company for ...

28 Nov 2022 at 16:46

National News

NHS trusts passed on private patient information to Facebook – report

NHS trusts shared the private information of patients with Facebook, an investigation by The Observer has revealed. A probe by the newspaper found a covert tracking tool was being used by the websites of 20 NHS trusts ...

28 May 2023 at 06:53

National News

Gardai and Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022

An Garda Siochana and the Fastway delivery firm are among the organisations that were reprimanded over data breaches, according to a watchdog’s annual report. Gardai reported a breach to the Data Protection ...

07 Mar 2023 at 00:01

National News

Ireland to get two new data protection commissioners

Two new data protection commissioners are to be appointed to help tackle the “increased working burden and investigative complexity” faced by Ireland’s data watchdog. The current commissioner Helen Dixon ...

27 Jul 2022 at 18:11

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