Data Protection Commission

While cyberattacks are all too common, it is quite unusual for customers of any company to be told they need to cancel their credit or debit cards

Irish entity lost €8.2m after tax last year, down from profits of more than €41m in 2022

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

Data Protection Commission focuses on company’s use of user data to train its Grok enhanced search tool

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 of Appeal presidency is second most senior judicial position in the State

Proposal to release ‘details of approved activities’ central to transparency drive after storm of controversy concerning lax governance

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

Too many vested interests have undermined the effectiveness of the EU’s key data protection law

Discovery follows launches of data breach investigations concerning a former psychiatric hospital in Donegal and a hospital in Dublin

Without use of local data planned product would be ‘second-rate experience’, says Facebook owner

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

Explanation of dashcams that captured conversations for more than three years ‘raises pretty serious questions’, according to TD

Incident in Dublin was livestreamed online, while Letterkenny incident involved TikTok video showing people going through boxes of historical medical files

Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions

‘Supercab’ scheme based on system operated by UK police since 2015 receives mixed reception from road safety campaigners

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Length of adjournment in Data Protection Commission case likely to be short, court says

We need to be able to monitor antisocial behaviour

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

While other firms have been caught in the bloc’s regulatory crosshairs, the iPhone maker had broadly escaped until now

Ireland has an opportunity to be the Digital Services Act’s model regulator. But some chances have already been squandered

Dr Des Hogan will take up his role as a commissioner next week and he will also serve as the organisation’s chairman for three years.

Risks of bringing in facial recognition technology for policing ‘too high’, civil liberties groups to tell politicians

Cory Doctorow criticises Irish regime in FT article

Internet giant claims inquiry into complaints of its processing of personal data is flawed and has brought High Court proceedings

Helen Dixon faces legal challenge over privacy investigation into the multinational technical firm

Property Clinic: He routinely uses part of our yard to turn his vehicle

Helen Dixon is about to depart her role as privacy watchdog to take up a new position in ComReg

Privacy legislation is set to mushroom with huge implications for Ireland

McGrath’s strong response to Ifac, plans for third Dublin Airport terminal on McEvaddy land, Amazon data centres objector and Meta sparks row between regulators

DPC boss to switch to communications regulator early next year

Dixon is entering the final year of her second term at helm of Europe’s most important privacy regulator

Data Protection Commission says there ‘simply aren’t enough people’ if Government implements new multi-committee system of governance

Tech boss discusses job losses at the company, its ‘constructive relationship’ with the Data Protection Commission, and tackling disinformation

Max Schrems seeks to be joined as a notice party in two separate but linked High Court cases over the data transfer decision

Social media company tells High Court regulator’s decisions and findings should be set aside as they are flawed

Financial regulator may be on the receiving end of a fine for a regulatory breach

Anu Talus, the Finnish chair of the European Data Protection Board, the central body of national regulators overseeing EU data privacy laws, defends opposition to Irish watchdog’s fines