Data Protection

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Graham Dwyer court case
Graham Dwyer's conviction 'certainly looking more dubious'
Legal advice 'definitely favours' Dwyer in his efforts to overturn his conviction for the murder of Elaine O'Hara

Fri, 19 Nov, 2021

2/11/2012 Quinn Family Court Cases
Quinn family succeeds in having 'Irish Examiner' articles removed from Google search
Articles will remain online but will be less easily found by readers after family's successful move under the 'Right to be Forgotten'

Fri, 12 Nov, 2021

File Graham Dwyer
Irish Examiner view: Criminals must not hold all the aces in data protection
Specific rules will have to be introduced for nations to have an effective defence for intercepting and holding communications

Wed, 15 Sep, 2021

Data rights group concerned as CSO collects Covid information
Data rights group concerned as CSO collects Covid information
Digital Rights Ireland seeks clarity about the way information on Irish citizens is being collected and stored

Tue, 06 Jul, 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

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

Facebook 'lost on every ground' in High Court battle over data transfer to US
Facebook 'lost on every ground' in High Court battle over data transfer to US
Decision has potential to put social media giant's entire business model in jeopardy

Fri, 14 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

Sinn Féin has yet to respond to concerns over Facebook data collection
Sinn Féin has yet to respond to concerns over Facebook data collection
Commissioner cannot adjudicate on potential infringement of data laws until party responds

Sat, 17 Apr, 2021

Max Schrems: Irish Data Protection Commissioner's process is designed to fail
Max Schrems: Irish Data Protection Commissioner's process is designed to fail
Mr Schrems has accused the Data Protection Commission of 'kicking the can down the road' but the Court of Justice of the European Union said the commission had been fully entitled to refer the complaint onward

Mon, 29 Mar, 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

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Bid to retrieve witness tapes as TD seeks to extend the mother and baby commission by a year
It may now be possible to retrieve the destroyed audio recordings of mother and baby home survivors, the children's minister has been told.

Fri, 19 Feb, 2021

Irish government cabinet meeting
Backup tapes may contain erased mother and baby home witness testimony
Survivors of mother and baby homes have been given fresh hope after the commission of investigation said it has found backup files that may contain their witness recordings.

Fri, 19 Feb, 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

Judge to rule on Facebook's EU-US data transfers
Judge to rule on Facebook's EU-US data transfers
Max Schrems settles action over Data Commissioner's probe into Facebook's US data transfers

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

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

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

CC SERVICE CARD LAUNCH
Public services card contractor objected to previous tender process
A company contracted by the Government to design and implement facial image matching software for the public services card had previously objected to a tender process for the manufacture of the public services card as being unfair.

Fri, 04 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

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

Major data breach at Limerick hospital under investigation
Major data breach at Limerick hospital under investigation
More than 600 patients are being contacted after the hospital became aware of the alleged breach on May 29.

Tue, 06 Oct, 2020

Irish Prison Service reports 15 data breaches in two years
Irish Prison Service reports 15 data breaches in two years
Some 14 cases were classified as “low” risk with just one breach reported to be of “medium” risk

Wed, 30 Sep, 2020

Google walkout
Civil liberties group 'deeply concerned' at Data Protection Commission's handling of big tech companies
One of Ireland’s most prominent civil advocacy groups has launched a stinging attack on the Office of the Data Protection Commission in a letter to the Minister for Justice, questioning the Commission’s ability to successfully advance “urgent ...

Mon, 28 Sep, 2020

Social media regulation
Data Protection Commission orders Facebook to halt sending of user data to the US
In July, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the data transfer deal between the EU and the US - Privacy Shield - was invalid

Thu, 10 Sep, 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

IBM Cork team's global study highlights  costly data breaches
IBM Cork team's global study highlights  costly data breaches
Hackers using stolen or compromised employee credentials led to the most expensive data breaches over the past year, a study by IBM Security has found.

Thu, 30 Jul, 2020

HSE 'did not breach confidentiality laws' when telling employers results of staff Covid-19 tests
HSE 'did not breach confidentiality laws' when telling employers results of staff Covid-19 tests
The Data Protection Commissioner has told the HSE it did not breach any laws by informing some employers of their employees' Covid-19 test results.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

Data Protection Commission clocks up nearly €3m in legal bills over EU-US data transfer case
Data Protection Commission clocks up nearly €3m in legal bills over EU-US data transfer case
The case last year went to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) in Strasbourg which examined the validity or otherwise of European Commission decisions approving EU-US data transfer channels used by Facebook and others.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Tusla fined again for data breach
Tusla fined again for data breach
Tusla is to be fined for disclosing sensitive personal data that was later posted on social media, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has decided.

Fri, 22 May, 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

Lots still to do with Tusla regarding data breaches, Data Protection Commissioner
Lots still to do with Tusla regarding data breaches, Data Protection Commissioner

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has said that while some of the risks posed by data breaches in Tusla have been mitigated “clearly there is still a lot to be done”.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

DPC: 75 separate data breaches by Tusla
DPC: 75 separate data breaches by Tusla

Tusla is the subject of an inquiry by the Data Protection Commission after the contact and location details of a mother and child victim were “accidentally” disclosed to their alleged abuser.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Cianan Brennan: Dixon determined to face all challenges
Cianan Brennan: Dixon determined to face all challenges

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon discusses the frustration she has experienced in the role so far, but says several cases are now nearing conclusion.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Google and Tinder being investigated by Data Protection Commission
Google and Tinder being investigated by Data Protection Commission

It is in relation to the transparency of users information.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2020

Over 6,700 data breaches reported to Data Protection commissioner
Over 6,700 data breaches reported to Data Protection commissioner

More than 6,700 data breaches were reported to the Data Protection Commission in 2019, the second highest level per head of population in Europe.

Mon, 20 Jan, 2020

Interpretation of data-protection laws hampering efforts to safeguard vulnerable people from abuse, claims report
Interpretation of data-protection laws hampering efforts to safeguard vulnerable people from abuse, claims report

It claims GDPR rules are being interpreted too rigidly and cautiously by some state agencies.

Wed, 11 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

Irish border control changes
TD 'can’t figure out' why Passport Office would give customer data to some State bodies

International law enforcement agencies and the Department of Social Protection are among eight bodies to whom the Passport Office routinely divulges information from its dataset, it has emerged.

Sun, 24 Nov, 2019

Data Protection Commissioner says she received 'significantly less funding than requested from Government
Data Protection Commissioner says she received 'significantly less funding than requested from Government

The Data Protection Commissioner has said she does not have enough resources to regulate multinational companies based in Ireland such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter having secured ‘significantly less’ Government funding than she had requested.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019

DPC’s role regulating tech giants ‘disproportionate’
DPC’s role regulating tech giants ‘disproportionate’

A leading European expert on digitisation and the right to privacy has described the responsibility of Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner in regulating tech multinationals as being “disproportionate”.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2019

Ireland protects privacy of citizens more than any other developed nation
Ireland protects privacy of citizens more than any other developed nation

Ireland protects the privacy of its citizens more than any other developed nation, a new study shows.

Tue, 15 Oct, 2019

Only guilty need fear transparency - Evolving data protection norms
Only guilty need fear transparency - Evolving data protection norms

The data wars have intensified, and will again.

Mon, 07 Oct, 2019

Are we the wild west of data protection?
Are we the wild west of data protection?

By their actions shall we know them. The handling by the Government of the public service card (PSC) saga speaks volumes for how it governs.

Sat, 07 Sep, 2019

'My legal advice is incredibly strong' - Minister intends to continue Govt plan for Public Services Card
'My legal advice is incredibly strong' - Minister intends to continue Govt plan for Public Services Card

Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has said that based on their own legal advice, her department does not accept the findings of the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to the Public Services Card.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2019

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