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Cianan Brennan: Why didn't government admit its error with biometric public services cards?

Data Protection Commission slapped a fine of €550,000 — more than half the maximum allowable — on the State

The consumer group said its research found that data collection often went well beyond what was necessary for the functionality of a product (Alamy/PA)

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Many smart devices gathering ‘excessive’ amounts of personal data

<p>Helen McEntee is bringing legislation to Cabinet which will provide for the designation of the UK as a 'safe country' to allow asylum seekers to be returned. File Picture: Niall Carson/PA</p>

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Helen McEntee defends claim that 80% of asylum seekers coming from Northern Ireland

Gender pay gap

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We’re running out of comparable all-island data post-Brexit – academic

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AT&T contacting 73 million people about theft of personal data

Police officer shot in Omagh

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More than 1,000 apply for security payment following PSNI data leak

'There was a smell of smoke coming in from outside': 84-year-old waited over four days for a bed

602 patients on trolleys waiting for hospital bed, says INMO

Number includes 27 children in the three children’s sites in Dublin and one child aged under 16 without a bed in Cork University Hospital

Tue, 07 Nov, 2023

Depressed teenager on his phone in the dark.

Amnesty International claims Tiktok's business model 'poses danger' to children

Minutes into Amnesty's test, half of Tiktok's 'For You' feed was about mental health struggles — with some of those videos normalising suicide

Tue, 07 Nov, 2023

Microsoft to invest €3bn in AI facilities in Australia

Microsoft to invest €3bn in AI facilities in Australia

Spending amounts to a charm offensive by company in a country that began public consultation this year over regulation of AI

Mon, 23 Oct, 2023

Catherine Conlon: Here is the evidence for cutting back on meat

Catherine Conlon: Here is the evidence for cutting back on meat

President Michael D Higgins caused a stir when he urged us to tackle climate change on our dinner plates — but there are plenty of reasons to heed his call, writes CATHERINE CONLON

Mon, 02 Oct, 2023

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UK air-traffic 'fiasco' could cost airlines £100m, says Willie Walsh

'This system should be designed to reject data that’s incorrect, not to collapse the system'

Wed, 30 Aug, 2023

British Airways, Boots, and the BBC hit by payroll hack

British Airways, Boots, and the BBC hit by payroll hack

The cybersecurity breach also affecting the government of Nova Scotia in Canada occurred at their payroll provider, Zellis, which said it was exposed by MOVEit file transfer software

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

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Europe unable to police how big tech uses our data, says report

Five years since going live, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is “largely paralysed”, one of Ireland’s foremost privacy advocacy bodies has said.

Mon, 15 May, 2023

Data confidentiality start-up with HQ in Ireland raises €5.35m in funding round

Data confidentiality start-up with HQ in Ireland raises €5.35m in funding round

Oblivious is focused on confidential computing aimed at building tools to allow data scientists and machine learning models to work on sensitive data while enforcing confidentiality constraints

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023

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Majority of Irish shoppers 'concerned about privacy and how data is used'

Almost 80% are worried personal data could be used for other purposes and shared with others, new survey finds

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

WhatsApp fined 225 million euro by Irish data protection commissioner

Gardaí and Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022

Gardaí reported a breach to the Data Protection Commission involving the names and addresses of 108 individuals, some of whom were children, processed at Kilmainham Garda Station

Tue, 07 Mar, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Concerns have gone global

Irish Examiner view: Concerns have gone global

Wed, 01 Mar, 2023

Social media survey

Hateful ‘burn all gays’ ads approved for publication on Facebook, TikTok and Youtube

They included comparing LGBTQ+ people to 'paedophiles', a call to 'burn all gays' and for the 'trans lobby' to be 'killed'

Thu, 23 Feb, 2023

UCD reports six personal data breaches to watchdog

UCD reports six personal data breaches to watchdog

University had expenditure of €6.6m in the year to September 2021 that was not compliant with procurement regulations

Sun, 01 Jan, 2023

Ajax v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League - Group A - Johan Cruyff Arena

Flagging Reds – How Liverpool form compares to their worst Premier League starts

Back-to-back losses against struggling Nottingham Forest and Leeds have extended one of Liverpool’s worst starts to a Premier League season

Mon, 31 Oct, 2022

Facebook to fix issue with its feed

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 old news”.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2022

Manchester United v Rayo Vallecano - Pre Season Friendly - Old Trafford

Manchester United end a day bottom of the league for the first time in 30 years

This is the first season since the inaugural Premier League campaign in which a United team has lost their opening two fixtures.

Sat, 13 Aug, 2022

Goodwood Festival of Speed

George Russell is the most dominant Formula One team-mate of the modern era

Russell has a better record of beating his team-mate than any other driver to have started at least 50 races in the last 40 years

Wed, 29 Jun, 2022

Graham Dwyer court case

New law will see communications data retained for national security reasons only

The new regime will dramatically reduce the ability of gardaí to access mobile phone records of suspects.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

How Liverpool and Real Madrid compare ahead of the Champions League final

How Liverpool and Real Madrid compare ahead of the Champions League final

Liverpool take on Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final with both sides looking to add to their impressive history in the tournament

Wed, 25 May, 2022

Gardaí cannot have 'hands tied behind backs' when tackling crime, says McEntee

Gardaí cannot have 'hands tied behind backs' when tackling crime, says McEntee

The Justice Minister said that the Government is "already working on legislation" to give gardaí "the powers they need".

Mon, 11 Apr, 2022

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Facebook Ireland builds €1bn fund to pay for potential fines

Multiple watchdogs likely to penalise the social media giant for regulatory issues involving data protection

Tue, 30 Nov, 2021

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

Mobile phone with sports betting website app in the screen.

'Wake up call': Trinity College study shows true extent of data sharing on Android phones

Many apps and OS installed on mobile Android phones had no opt out for data collection.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2021

England v Germany - UEFA Euro 2020 - Round of 16 - Wembley Stadium

Goals (and own goals) galore – A statistical look at Euro 2020 so far

Spain’s thrilling win over Croatia was the second-highest scoring game ever in the tournament

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021

Data Commissioner's inquiry into Facebook's cross-border data transfers can proceed

Data Commissioner's inquiry into Facebook's cross-border data transfers can proceed

The Data Protection Commissioner’s inquiry into the validity of cross-border transfers of data by Facebook can now proceed as a result of orders made by the High Court.

Thu, 20 May, 2021

North South Ministerial Council meeting

Stormont leaders call on Government to end data-sharing impasse

Robin Swann said engagement and communication among officials north and south of the border was strong but “challenges” arose at political and governmental level

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

Coronavirus - Thu Apr 15, 2021

Stormont Health Minister blames political decision-makers for cross-border data impasse

Robin Swann said engagement and communication among officials north and south of the border was strong but “challenges” arose at political and governmental level

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

Coronavirus - Sat Jan 16, 2020

‘No resolution’ between Government and Stormont leaders over sharing passenger data

The Northern Ireland Executive is seeking access data on passenger locator forms filled out by people arriving in Ireland who may travel on to the North.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Education is our best foil to extremism

Irish Examiner view: Education is our best foil to extremism

One of the many reasons Hillary Clinton did not succeed Barack Obama as US president in 2016 was her use of the phrase “basket of deplorables” to describe half of Donald Trump’s supporters.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2021

Coronavirus - Tue Jun 2, 2020

Conor King: Manning up to our defence responsibility

The Irish Defence Forces have never been weaker, but a new commission provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform and modernise it, writes Conor King

Tue, 29 Dec, 2020

Inquiry into Facebook data transfers 'did not land like a spaceship'

Inquiry into Facebook data transfers 'did not land like a spaceship'

A preliminary draft decision by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) to inquire into the legality of data transfers by Facebook Ireland to its US parent did not suddenly land like a spaceship on the social media giant, the High Court was told.

Wed, 16 Dec, 2020

Missing USB stick holds personal data on child sex abuse survivors

Missing USB stick holds personal data on child sex abuse survivors

The encrypted device was lost in transit between two Department of Justice buildings located at Hanover Street and Haddington Road

Fri, 06 Nov, 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

TikTok introduces new safety features

Data Commissioner assessing TikTok plans to establish data centre in Ireland

TikTok must be assessed to see if the company meets the criteria needed to avail of the same One Stop Shop (OSS) data processing mechanism currently given to other tech giants such as Facebook, the Irish Data Protection Commission has said.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2020

Coronavirus - Sat Jul 4, 2020

British government admits Test and Trace programme ‘breaks data protection law’

The British government has admitted that England’s Covid-19 Test and Trace programme has broken a data protection law, according to a letter sent to privacy campaigners.

Mon, 20 Jul, 2020

Coronavirus - Tue Jun 30, 2020

Matt Hancock orders review of daily death figures for Covid-19 in England

UK health secretary Matt Hancock has ordered an urgent review into how Public Health England (PHE) calculates daily Covid-19 death figures.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2020

Man settles data breach claim after address given to private detective acting on behalf of bank

Man settles data breach claim after address given to private detective acting on behalf of bank

49-year-old Daniel Lannon had sought damages and aggravated damages against the Minister for Social Protection for what he claims was a breach of his privacy and his data protection rights in 2014.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2019

PAC rightly refuses to swallow ‘blame it on GDPR’ excuse

PAC rightly refuses to swallow ‘blame it on GDPR’ excuse

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

Sat, 09 Nov, 2019

Apple's Tim Cook criticises other tech firms for data breaches

Apple's Tim Cook criticises other tech firms for data breaches

Apple boss Tim Cook has taken aim at "chaos factory" technology giants for failing to take responsibility for data breaches and privacy violations.

Mon, 17 Jun, 2019

Hospital group investigating after patient notes found 'outside the grounds of the hospital'

Hospital group investigating after patient notes found 'outside the grounds of the hospital'

Labour Senator Ged Nash is calling on the Data Protection Commissioner to investigate the discovery of hospital patient notes in a garden in Drogheda earlier this week.

Wed, 01 May, 2019

People choosing to marry at later stage in life

People choosing to marry at later stage in life

For opposite-sex marriages last year, the average age of brides was 34 and 36 for grooms, the highest to date.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2019

Possible data breach being investigated at Galway hospital after patients receive scam letter

Possible data breach being investigated at Galway hospital after patients receive scam letter

A number of patients had raised concerns after receiving a letter in the post from an organisation calling itself the Anglo American Lottery.

Thu, 04 Apr, 2019

All eyes on the global signs for weak manufacturing

All eyes on the global signs for weak manufacturing

Global economic data have continued to disappoint in early 2019. This has seen the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) lower its growth forecasts yet again for the world economy.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2019