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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 is to be appointed chairwoman of the Data ...

27 Jul 2022 at 18:11

Ireland

Facebook parent company hit by 17 million euro fine by Irish regulator

Facebook parent company Meta has been fined 17 million euros for breaching EU privacy rules. The fine, imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes following an investigation into a series of 12 data breach notifications ...

15 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Data protection reforms ‘must protect adequacy arrangement with the EU’

Proposed changes to UK data protection law must not put the flow of data between the UK and the EU at risk, IT experts have warned. As part of the Queen’s Speech, the Government announced plans to reform “highly complex” data laws ...

17 May 2022 at 01:25

Data Reform Bill plans to cut EU data law red tape

A Data Reform Bill to enable the UK to reform its data protection regime and deviate from EU rules has been announced. The Government said it wants to use Brexit as an opportunity to replace “highly complex” data protection laws ...

10 May 2022 at 13:55

MP calls for law change on ‘immediate access’ to digital assets for next of kin

A DUP MP has called for a change in the law to give families “immediate access” to the digital data of their deceased loved ones. Ian Paisley told the Commons his Bill would help prevent families “having to take costly or ...

18 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Ireland

Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has defended its stance and the pace of its investigations into breaches by social media giants. Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are “becoming ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:24

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Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

15 Sept 2022 at 13:33

Labour accuses Conservative Government of ‘pulling its own business’

Labour has accused the Conservative administration of “pulling its own business” after the Commons leader told MPs the Government “will not move” the second reading of the Data Protection and Digital ...

05 Sept 2022 at 17:52

Children ‘safer online now than a year ago because of safety code’

Children online today are “better protected” than they were a year ago, the Information Commissioner has said as he marked the first anniversary of the Age Appropriate Design Code being introduced. ...

02 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Ireland

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 ...

28 Nov 2022 at 16:46

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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 ...

28 Nov 2022 at 20:33

Ireland

75% of Irish data watchdog’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled – report

Three quarters of the Irish data watchdog’s GDPR decisions in EU-wide cases were overruled by European regulators, a report has found. The report indicates that 75% of the Data ...

15 May 2023 at 10:03

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