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Caitríona Redmond: Are self-service checkouts risky?
CC HSE BUILDING
Data protection commissioners 'want to look wider' into patient file breach
A spokesperson for the commission said that the inquiry 'concerns the storage and retention of personal data contained in paper records held by the HSE'

Wed, 29 May, 2024

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When mental health apps make false claims and cause unintended harm to users
Demand for mental health apps has soared in recent years but many fail to meet the quality threshold for issues such as clinical effectiveness, data privacy and security

Fri, 05 Apr, 2024

Meta offers to slash fees for ads-free Facebook and Instagram to avert EU privacy concerns
Meta offers to slash fees for ads-free Facebook and Instagram to avert EU privacy concerns
Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to €5. 99 from €9. 99, a senior Meta executive has said, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and competition regulators.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2024

Oireachtas Justice Committee raises concerns over plans to reform key data protection laws
Oireachtas Justice Committee raises concerns over plans to reform key data protection laws
Body has written to European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen

Fri, 15 Mar, 2024

Key Speakers At Sooner Than You Think London Tech Conference
Helen Dixon bemoans ‘clunky’ EU law delaying big tech probes
Hardwired into the EU law is a system of co-operation with other watchdogs across the 27-nation bloc, which meant other watchdogs could often weigh in

Fri, 12 Jan, 2024

Social Protection responsible for over half of 5,000 data breaches by Government departments
Social Protection responsible for over half of 5,000 data breaches by Government departments
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said: 'The vast majority of the confirmed data breaches relate to incidents where customer information was accidentally and inadvertently disclosed to third parties.'

Fri, 06 Oct, 2023

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A decade after Áras Attracta, 'Emily' scandal shows vulnerable still not being protected 
A report published last week recommended wider investigation of a nursing home where an elderly woman was raped in 2020 by a staff member

Sun, 24 Sep, 2023

FILE PHOTO Minister for Media Catherine Martin is due to meet Chairperson of RTE Board Siun Ni Raghallaigh and Director General
RTÉ: 'Inappropriate' to seek top 100 earners' permission to publish names and salaries
The broadcaster said that the publication of details "could be conducted in accordance with the GDPR".

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

Festival tries to take digital payments to the next stage
Festival tries to take digital payments to the next stage
This year's Kaleidoscope sought to go cashless — and to get festivalgoers to make all payments onsite through its own Tappy system. Ellie O'Byrne reports on what happened next

Sun, 09 Jul, 2023

Denis Egan 13/6/2020
Horseracing body failed to outline large exit payment to former chief executive
Denis Egan was paid a termination payment of €384,870 in September 2021, around €141,000 more than he was entitled to under a voluntary redundancy scheme.

Thu, 29 Jun, 2023

GDPR stamp, General Data Protection Regulation
Irish-based Meta subsidiaries challenge data watchdog's €395m fines
The challenges have been brought against the Data Protection Commission (DPC) by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd and WhatsApp Ireland Ltd

Mon, 22 May, 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

10/8/2016. Public Services Cards
Concerns raised as teachers required to use controversial card for online payslips
A privacy consultant said that requiring teachers to sign up for the public services card “has the potential to be discriminatory”.

Wed, 03 May, 2023

FILE PHOTO The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has recommended the use of Covid certs in other areas outside of ho
HSE breached data privacy laws distributing digital covid cert 
Incidents among 524 breaches of data protection regulations recorded by the HSE last year

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

CC SERVICE CARD LAUNCH
Processing biometric data 'an essential component' of how public services card is created, minister admits
The secretary general of Department of Social Protection has previously told the public accounts committee that “there is no biometric information on the card, we don’t track biometric information”.

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Doctor use mobile phone to communicate with nurse or healthcare providers to consult about patients information in hospital. Doc
Doctor alleged to have sent 'inappropriate text messages' to female patient
Saolta University Health Care Group refused to say whether the doctor involved in the incident continues to work at Mayo University Hospital or elsewhere in the hospital group

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

Chaplains say reports being 'censored and sanitised' by Irish Prison Service
Chaplains say reports being 'censored and sanitised' by Irish Prison Service
Chaplains dismiss purported concerns about GDPR, saying they are already aware of the need to anonymise information about prisoners

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Meta layoffs expected
EU to bar Meta from ads based on personal data, in blow to the social network
Facebook parent Meta will only be able to run advertising based on personal data with users' consent, according to a confidential EU privacy watchdog decision, a person familiar with the matter said, in a blow to the social network.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2022

Meta layoffs expected
Data watchdog to collect nearly €18m in GDPR-related fines
Six such fines were ratified in Dublin’s Circuit Court, with some being far more substantial than others

Tue, 29 Nov, 2022

Rulings represent 'existential threat' to Facebook parent Meta, says expert
Rulings represent 'existential threat' to Facebook parent Meta, says expert
Data protection expert Daragh O’Brien of consultants Castlebridge said that the actions demanded of Meta "go to the fundamentals of how they operate”.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2022

Tusla spend over €400k on consultants without proper tender process
Tusla spend over €400k on consultants without proper tender process
The firm Pembroke Privacy were hired to deal with requests for personal information

Thu, 17 Nov, 2022

TikTok Warehouses
TikTok’s ties to China: Why concerns over your data are here to stay
Harvesting data is the norm for social media apps, but the question that many have is where it goes and who has access to it

Tue, 08 Nov, 2022

CC COMMITTEE MEETING
Daniel McConnell: Civil servants now prefer to operate with no oversight
The trojan horse of GDPR has been widely misused by government departments

Sat, 22 Oct, 2022

File Graham Dwyer
Graham Dwyer ruling fails to stop prosecution use of mobile phone evidence in murder trial
Today's ruling is not binding on other judges but it is the first indication of how Irish courts could interpret the European court's ruling

Fri, 08 Jul, 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

Use of facial recognition tech could lead to ‘dystopian surveillance society’
Use of facial recognition tech could lead to ‘dystopian surveillance society’
The use of facial recognition technology poses an “extreme risk” and could lead to a “dystopian surveillance society”, a digital expert and civil liberties group have warned.

Wed, 25 May, 2022

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McEntee: New laws allowing gardaí to wear body cameras will be ‘hugely helpful’ 
New legislation to be brought before the Dáil shortly will pave the way for gardaí to use and strengthen provisions around the use of CCTV footage and Automatic Number plate Recognition (ANR).

Wed, 25 May, 2022

Data protection breach decision upheld in hospice worker's unauthorised breaks case
Data protection breach decision upheld in hospice worker's unauthorised breaks case
The disciplinary action arose as a result of an inquiry into graffiti which had been carved into a table saying: "Kill all whites, ISIS is my life"

Tue, 24 May, 2022

An Post accused of selling economic and marital information of householders to private entities
An Post accused of selling economic and marital information of householders to private entities
Subsidiary selling data revealing details on socioeconomic status of the residents of an address, with typical records being 'affluent city singles', 'struggling older families', and 'deprived urban families'

Tue, 03 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

Public Services Card
Data Protection Commission learning from criticism
Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, tells Cianan Brennan what it has been like since the advent of GDPR and dealing with criticism from Europe on its handling of Big Tech

Thu, 24 Feb, 2022

Employee relations firm reprimanded over GDPR breach after personal info lost in transit
Employee relations firm reprimanded over GDPR breach after personal info lost in transit
The Data Protection Commissioner issued a formal reprimand, but said a fine was not warranted as the 'risk of damage to data subjects was low to moderate'

Thu, 17 Feb, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg
Meta's Facebook settles for $90m case in US that it tracked logged-out users         
Facebook then allegedly compiled users' browsing histories into profiles that it sold to advertisers

Tue, 15 Feb, 2022

Moves to allow councils to use drones and CCTV in illegal dumping crackdown
Moves to allow councils to use drones and CCTV in illegal dumping crackdown
The bill would provide a legal framework for use of the technology

Tue, 25 Jan, 2022

CCTV in rainny day at Counryside
Limerick's illegal use of CCTV is 'shocking' according to DPC
Local authority will have to switch off 357 of its 401 cameras if it cannot find a legal basis for the mass surveillance

Mon, 24 Jan, 2022

Limerick council's CCTV failings brought into sharp focus by DPC probe 
Limerick council's CCTV failings brought into sharp focus by DPC probe 
Forty-eight infringements covered 20 separate articles of the General Data Protection Regulation

Mon, 24 Jan, 2022

Christmas online shopping study
Teaching Council fined €60,000 after teacher data leaked in phishing scam
The statutory body with responsibility for regulating teachers has been fined €60,000 after the personal data of more than 9,700 people was leaked via a phishing scam.

Mon, 17 Jan, 2022

Limerick council fined for installing CCTV cameras with no lawful basis
Limerick council fined for installing CCTV cameras with no lawful basis
Among its findings, the DPC found that cameras had been installed at nine Traveller halting sites around the county without a legal basis.

Fri, 14 Jan, 2022

Coronavirus - Mon Feb 8, 2021
Garda body cams should not use facial recognition technology, committee warns
Garda body-worn cameras should not use facial recognition technology and should not be used to racially profile people, according to recommendations from the Oireachtas justice committee.

Mon, 03 Jan, 2022

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2021
Sinn Féin must tell voters about its election database, says watchdog
The Data Protection Commissioner also recommended that Áontu not require participants of online surveys to fill in personal data

Mon, 20 Dec, 2021

judge gavel on a blue wooden background
Sides in talks to 'narrow down' issues in 'massively complex' Public Services Card case
The State’s appeal had resulted from a ruling made by the DPC that the card is illegal when used for services other than welfare

Tue, 07 Dec, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri May 15, 2020
Department of Social Protection sacked or transferred 20 staff for breaching standards
Various other departments also outlined their dismissals and transfers since 2011

Fri, 03 Dec, 2021

File Photo The Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has clashed with several of her European counterparts after they object
'Time to revisit' structure of watchdog as plans for two more data commissioners reported
Digital Rights Ireland said the new appointments should include at least one data protection lawyer with experience of regulatory enforcement

Mon, 29 Nov, 2021

High Court to hear country's first challenge to Covid Cert on grounds of discrimination
High Court to hear country's first challenge to Covid Cert on grounds of discrimination
The restaurant claims that due to its refusal to comply with the measure, it has been constantly inspected by HSE compliance officers and was shut down for two days in September

Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

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