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Louise O'Neill
Louise O'Neill: Should billionaires exist?
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
HSE breached law by asking for vaccine status of staff, expert warns
HSE created GDPR issues for failing to carry out a risk assessment before sending out circular to determine vaccination status of staff

Mon, 05 Jul, 2021

Ransomware And Code Hacking Background
HSE seeks order to help find who uploaded or downloaded files stolen in cyberattack
The defendants, Chronicle Security Ireland Ltd, have said they want to help the HSE, but for data protection reasons cannot hand over material without a court order

Fri, 25 Jun, 2021

First Facebook Oversight Board members confirmed
Ireland's data watchdog 'shouldn’t alone regulate Facebook and other big tech for 500m Europeans'
Europe's top court has backed individual national privacy watchdogs to pursue Facebook and other tech giants, meaning they could face scrutiny and sanctions from other member states

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021

IKEA fined €1m by French court for spying on staff and customers
IKEA fined €1m by French court for spying on staff and customers
Worker representatives said the information was used to target union leaders or used to IKEA's advantage in disputes with customers

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021

First Facebook Oversight Board members confirmed
Ireland's data protection agency undercut by EU ruling on Big Tech 
The European Court of Justice today said that cross-border data processing requires “close, sincere, and effective cooperation” between national regulators

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021

FILE PHOTO An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a 179-unit apartment development on the site of the Bessborough
Data Protection Commissioner raised repeated concerns with Mother and Baby Home Commission
Questions over handling of sensitive survivor testimony and delays in responding to queries

Mon, 07 Jun, 2021

Technology Stock - Social Media
Prison Service asked Facebook to review officers' group amid privacy concerns
Social media giant said some offending posts in private group for serving and former prison officers had been removed but that one did not violate Facebook's community standards

Wed, 05 May, 2021

FILE PHOTO Sinn Fein have shut down their site linked to a secret voter database, over which the Data Protection Commisioner Hel
Cianan Brennan: Political database slippery slope could spell trouble for all parties
Data protection and GDPR arrived in the mainstream last week in Ireland, roughly three years later than they should have.

Wed, 28 Apr, 2021

FILE PHOTO Sinn Fein have shut down their site linked to a secret voter database, over which the Data Protection Commisioner Hel
Data Protection Commissioner criticised for inefficient decision-making on GDPR matters
Helen Dixon defended her office from criticism from activist Max Schrems and privacy solicitor Fred Logue at a hearing of the justice committee

Tue, 27 Apr, 2021

Lord Mountbatten assassination apology
Q&A: Why are politicians talking about data?
We look at the issues being raised about how parties and politicians collect and store the data of private citizens

Sat, 24 Apr, 2021

Technology Stock
Most political parties in Ireland have breached data protection rules
An Irish Examineranalysis found that the websites of TDs and ministers from five parties breach data rules 

Sat, 24 Apr, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Feb 19, 2021
Most employers want to know whether their staff are vaccinated
Findings show that over 70% of companies are yet to discuss whether they will collect vaccine data from employees

Mon, 12 Apr, 2021

Hacker Targeting Online Shoppers for Identity Theft
Details of almost 450,000 customers compromised in Fastway Couriers hack
Fastway Couriers confirmed that one of its IT systems was subject to a cyber attack, resulting in client data, including customers’ personal information, being compromised.

Fri, 12 Mar, 2021

Public Services Card
Watchdog notified of over 6,600 data security breaches last year
Cases concerning employment law disputes continue to be heavily represented

Thu, 25 Feb, 2021

FILE PHOTO Cabinet will discuss a new controversy over the Mother and Baby Homes report this morning - Minister Roderic O’Gorman
DPC requested to investigate deletion of Mother and Baby Home testimony
The Data Protection Commission has already been in contact with the Commission, which is due to close at the end of this month

Wed, 17 Feb, 2021

UCD fined €70k by data watchdog after email accounts' log-in details posted online
UCD fined €70k by data watchdog after email accounts' log-in details posted online
University College Dublin has been officially reprimanded and ordered to bring its processes up to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standard

Mon, 08 Feb, 2021

Scam risks
Gardaí in Cork issue text scam warning after woman loses €4k
Gardaí say the incident is just one of a number of scams reported in recent weeks

Thu, 04 Feb, 2021

GDPR has made it harder to catch illegal dumpers, Eamon Ryan says
GDPR has made it harder to catch illegal dumpers, Eamon Ryan says
Illegal dumping could be costing the Republic's 31 local authorities €90m per year

Tue, 02 Feb, 2021

Woman whose account was hacked sues Facebook
Woman whose account was hacked sues Facebook
Sylvia O'Mahoney claims her constitutional right to privacy and GDPR rights have been breached.

Wed, 27 Jan, 2021

CC SINN FEIN
'Enormous obstacles' blocking survivors accessing birth certs need to be removed
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said Mother & Baby Home survivors need to be able to access their personal data.

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Social Media Site Twitter Debuts On The New York Stock Exchange
Civil liberties campaigners criticise 'disappointing' low fine for Twitter over data breach
Under GDPR, the maximum fine allowable would have been roughly €49m. Twitter was fined €450,000

Tue, 15 Dec, 2020

High Court told of 'devastating consequences' for Facebook if commissioner decision stands
High Court told of 'devastating consequences' for Facebook if commissioner decision stands
Facebook is seeking to quash the Data Protection Commissioner's decision that transfers to the US be suspended and to her decision to conduct an inquiry.

Tue, 15 Dec, 2020

Social Media Site Twitter Debuts On The New York Stock Exchange
Ireland's data watchdog fines Twitter €450k for GDPR breaches
First fine for tech giant from Ireland's privacy regulator after the mobile app made protected tweets public due to a glitch

Tue, 15 Dec, 2020

College apologises for lecturers insulting students after forgetting to turn off cameras
College apologises for lecturers insulting students after forgetting to turn off cameras
Lecturers overheard using offensive and insulting language to describe virtual presentatons they had watched

Mon, 14 Dec, 2020

Limerick school seeks Instagram account identity over 'derogatory' comments
Limerick school seeks Instagram account identity over 'derogatory' comments
The court heard some of the images and comments posted about teachers and children had a sexual context

Mon, 07 Dec, 2020

799 data breaches notified by Government departments in 2019
799 data breaches notified by Government departments in 2019
The Department of Social Protection was responsible for nearly half the breaches notified.

Mon, 16 Nov, 2020

AUSTRIA-EU-US-COURT-COMPUTERS-PRIVACY
Data Protection Commission hit with massive legal bill after Facebook privacy case
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems said: "The Irish taxpayer now has to pick up parts of the bill."

Fri, 30 Oct, 2020

Simon Coveney press conferemce
New Mother and Baby homes legislation does not address all issues, admits minister
The German approach to the archiving of files of the Stasi secret police in East Germany was a potential model Ireland could explore, said Roderic O'Gorman.

Thu, 29 Oct, 2020

Wexford council blames drone-use on fears of a Dublin tourist influx 
Wexford council blames drone-use on fears of a Dublin tourist influx 
Wexford County Council used drones to monitor compliance with Covid-19 restrictions during the initial lockdown earlier this year due to fears of an influx of tourists from Dublin.

Mon, 19 Oct, 2020

Business woman study financial market to calculate possible risks and profits.Female economist accounting money with statistics
Revenue made 93 data breaches last year 
Revenue had 93 data breaches in 2019 and 91 in the first eight months of this year, according to information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Tue, 29 Sep, 2020

Cianan Brennan: Your browsing behaviour informs targeted advertising — but is it legal?
Cianan Brennan: Your browsing behaviour informs targeted advertising — but is it legal?
Cianan Brennan looks at the growing phenomenon of online real-time bidding and what it means for our personal information

Thu, 24 Sep, 2020

\TikTok to Spend $500 Million on First EU Data Center in Ireland
Concern over data watchdog's ability to monitor tech giants such as TikTok
Fianna Fáil senator Malcolm Byrne said he has “grave concerns” about the use of artificial intelligence by TikTok and there are fewer than 200 people in the DPC responsible for regulating the data of up to half a billion people

Wed, 16 Sep, 2020

Facebook warns it will have to halt services in Europe in challenge to data transfer ruling
Facebook warns it will have to halt services in Europe in challenge to data transfer ruling
Facebook has significant concerns about its ability to deliver its services to 400 million European users after the Data Protection Commissioner's decision on the transfer of data to the social media giant's US parent, the High Court has heard.

Mon, 14 Sep, 2020

Revealed: 1,400 data breaches at HSE included patient photos and medical files
Revealed: 1,400 data breaches at HSE included patient photos and medical files
THE HSE has suffered almost 1,400 separate data breaches over the past two years involving photographing of patients, infection status being disclosed to other family members, and the discovery of confidential medical files in public places.

Mon, 10 Aug, 2020

Data watchdog 'doubts' legality of welfare officers collecting information at airports
Data watchdog 'doubts' legality of welfare officers collecting information at airports
The Data Protection Commission "can't see" how social welfare inspectors have the power to collect information from passengers who are leaving the country.

Thu, 30 Jul, 2020

Steven Roberts: GDPR – Progress made but much still to be done
Steven Roberts: GDPR – Progress made but much still to be done
GDPR was supposed to offer consistency and clarity, acting as a pillar of the EU’s Digital Single Market. The reality is quite different.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2020

DPC probes claims of employers getting workers' Covid-19 results first
DPC probes claims of employers getting workers' Covid-19 results first
The Data Protection Commission is investigating a number of “queries and complaints” about incidents where employees who were tested for Covid-19 in their workplace were told of their results after their employers.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

Firms encouraged to remind staff working from home of GDPR policies
Firms encouraged to remind staff working from home of GDPR policies
Employers must be alert to their obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it comes to remote working practices, a leading law firm has warned.

Wed, 15 Apr, 2020

Data concerns at recording of licence plates for survey
Data concerns at recording of licence plates for survey
The engineer overseeing the €1bn Cork-to-Limerick road upgrade has responded to data protection and privacy concerns over the use of number-plate recognition cameras in a massive traffic survey.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

Facebook suspends dating feature after DPC raids Dublin offices
Facebook suspends dating feature after DPC raids Dublin offices

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.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Data Commissioner issues enforcement notice in respect of public services card
Data Commissioner issues enforcement notice in respect of public services card

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.

Sat, 07 Dec, 2019

Public Accounts Committee: Dept must reveal how much it paid barristers on Apple appeal
Public Accounts Committee: Dept must reveal how much it paid barristers on Apple appeal

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.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2019

Passport Data Access Figures Revealed
Passport Data Access Figures Revealed

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.

Fri, 22 Nov, 2019

Retaining 3.2m citizens’ data risks EU law breach
Retaining 3.2m citizens’ data risks EU law breach

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.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2019

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