Data Privacy

Most businesses think they are adequately protected despite low adherence to basic security measures

Institute is in receipt of one set of Circuit Court legal proceedings over attack, annual report shows

Forcing companies to create access pathways would insert vulnerabilities that could be exploited

The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good

The ideas behind ProtectEU may be noble but the potential for unintended consequences is huge

Civil liberties group claims Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd is infringing GDPR rules

The bad guys will probably get in, so it’s a good idea to have a resilience plan in place for when they do

Issue centres on transfer of European users’ personal data to China

Law will allow only retrospective use initially, Minister for Justice says

Data access requests have already cost the broadcaster more than €100,000 as it worries about potential for fresh controversy

Having your phone stolen is bad, but having the data on it misused can be even worse. You should know how to keep both as safe as possible

Company paused plans last year after a request from Data Protection Commissioner

Tech giant facing mounting criticism after display of PR bungling that would make the 1990s blush

Microsoft president Brad Smith says the company, which is celebrating 50 years since it was founded, and 40 years in Ireland, is as committed to the country as it was in the 1980s

Right now we are stuck between the rock of American tech and a European hard place. Ireland’s best option is to promote a vision for a less bureaucratic, streamlined, European single market

Cellebrite device is also widely used by Israeli military

Charity accuses Tusla of giving sensitive information to alleged abuser, saying data rules are ‘unsafe’

Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show

VW Ireland boss says ‘more conversation is needed’ around the gathering of data both technical and personal following German data breach

Much of the data on your phone is more valuable than the device itself should it get stolen

Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers

Election counts are an amateur production put on for the benefit and enjoyment of the actors rather than the audience

Report for Minister of Health recommends introduction of contract templates, key performance indicators and a unified costing framework

UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product

Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems

Business leaders are the most important stakeholder in driving change and creating a culture of innovation where employees can successfully create and adapt to evolving technologies

Social network agreed to ‘suspend its processing of the personal data’, Data Protection Commission says

Former chief executive of media group described outcome of lengthy inquiry that yielded a 868-page report at a cost of almost €6 million as ‘weird’

Court’s earlier ruling on phone metadata admissibility issues was a significant blow to Dwyer

META-FINES (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws

We have yet to be given clear reasons why we need facial recognition technology even though a Bill relating to it is meandering through our political process

Step intended to combat child sexual abuse online has been widely condemned as ineffective and in breach of fundamental rights

Dwyer made similar, not identical, arguments in appeal against murder conviction

Follow these steps if you want to object to your data and posts being used

Firefighters ‘shocked’ to learn dashcams had audio-recording capability

Watered down legislation still puts Europe ahead on regulating AI but enforcement could be held back by technological gaps

Personal details of more than 2,000 customers revealed to other clients of online insurance broker

Full names and vaccination status were available to unauthorised users, according to security researcher who discovered the issue

Current technology won’t accomplish Coimisiún na Meán’s ‘gold standard’ proposals to verify users accessing inappropriate internet content

Gabriel Makhlouf says key industry and data privacy concerns will be addressed before any digital currency launch