Facebook has suspended its plans to roll-out a new dating feature across the EU to coincide with St Valentine’s Day after the data protection watchdog raided its offices in Dublin.

The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has served the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with an enforcement notice regarding the stated illegality of the public services card.

The Department of Finance can “no longer hide behind” data protection rules to refuse to reveal how much it paid barristers to work on the €14bn Apple appeal, the Public Accounts Committee has said.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has given out the personal passport data of citizens upon request from State authorities on more than 2,000 occasions since the beginning of 2019.

The Department of Social Protection could be in breach of European law for retaining the historical data of 3.2m holders of the public service card (PSC) in an attempt to stop future welfare fraud.

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has provided information to this newspaper showing how her office had continued to publish or release details of payments to third parties, including barristers, even after the introduction of GDPR, in sharp contrast to the position taken by the Department of Finance, writes Daniel McConnell

The Government has said it is “considering” its refusal to disclose payments to lawyers in the €14bn Apple appeal after its stance has been “completely undermined”.

GDPR should not be used as an obstacle to public information, writes Daniel McConnell.

The Government has set a "seriously dangerous precedent" in using GDPR to hide the spending of taxpayers' money, it has been claimed.

A digital rights advocacy body is to bring the country’s first “mass action” against the State regarding alleged infringements of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the case of the Public Services Card (PSC).

The OPW has removed visitor books from historical sites across the country amid fears about running foul of data protection laws.

The Government has reappointed Helen Dixon as the head of its powerful Data Protection Commission for a second five-year term.

More than 5,800 of the 6,200 complaints received by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May of last year have been deemed valid.

The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating whether Google has breached the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the way it processes user data to provide personalised online advertising.

It has been a year since GDPR legislation standardised data privacy across the EU, but how to comply has not always been obvious, says Mike Harris.

More than 50 data breaches have been reported by the Passport Service to the Data Commission since the start of 2018.

A number of principals have issued a warning to parents at events like communions, confirmations and sports days - citing GDPR.

Angela Moon Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak guests’ booking details and personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and analytics companies, according to research by cybersecurity firm Symantec.

Fianna Fáil TD James Lawless wants Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to “put his money where his mouth is” and reveal his intentions for Facebook in relation to the adoption of GDPR rules worldwide.

The Data Protection Commissioner has said she “can’t see any reason” why the introduction of GDPR should prohibit the Government from publishing pension payments to former senior office holders.

The State data watchdog is investigating the refusal of public bodies and private companies to properly spell Irish names after a television producer being treated for cancer alleged a breach of strict EU rules.

Digital Rights Ireland has said it is concerned over the independence of child and family agency Tusla’s data protection officer.

More than 3,200 breaches of data have been reported to the Data Protection Commission in the seven months since the most comprehensive ever overhaul of EU privacy laws was introduced.

The report of the Government's scoping exercise into illegal birth registrations has been delayed for a second time and will not be finalised now until April - almost a year after it was announced.

The Department of Finance feared it could not publish an anonymised list of pensions for former ministers and officeholders as it would be too easy to identify them.

State agencies have made more than 1,250 disclosure requests to access people’s private online information from internet companies over the last five years, new figures show.

Today's Budget 2019 announcement included a funding increase of €3.5m for the Data Protection Commission (DPC) which will allow the office to recruit 40 additional staff.

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Google could be probed by the Data Protection Commissioner over location “stalking” after it emerged the tech giant continues to share information with advertisers.

There has been a surge in complaints and reports to the Data Protection Commissioner.

More than four in 10 larger firms in Dublin spent upwards of €20,000 to get ready for the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), while nine out of 10 SMEs spent €5,000.

According to a survey carried out one month on from the introduction of GDPR, most Irish companies say that they do not believe that it has not made any difference to their day-to-day operations.

More than 1,300 “concerns or complaints” have been made to the Data Protection Commission since the General Data Protection (GDPR) became law last month, while firms have logged 60 breaches of people’s personal data with the watchdog.

Businesses and organisations must realise compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is ongoing and must be factored into business models, an IT expert has warned.

A number of US news websites are temporarily unavailable to most European users, as new EU data protection rules come into effect.

Cyber criminals are using the EU’s incoming general data protection regulation (GDPR) to target email users in a sophisticated phishing scam, gardaí and cybersecurity experts have warned.