Organisation: Data Protection Commissioner

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MTU cyber breach: Probe after ransomware attacks 'like a murder investigation'

Munster Technological University is preparing for a phased reopening following a 'significant' IT breach but there are concerns the attack could be worsened by allowing access to thousands of onsite computers

<p>A Cork letting agency became aware of the breach after it was contacted by an unconnected agency in Galway after the latter received the names and contact details of almost a dozen clients of the Cork agency.</p>

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Personal details of clients at Cork letting agency leaked in data breach

The personal details of clients at a Cork letting agency were leaked in a data breach.

<p>Biometrics relate to data which can identify a person by their physiological characteristics, such as a photo or a fingerprint. Every Public Services Card contains the photograph of the individual in question.</p>

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Department behind Public Services Card insists it does not track biometric data

Secretary-general of the Department of Social Protection told the Public Accounts Committee 'there is no biometric information on the card, we don’t track biometric information'

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Daragh O Brien: Why data quality matters

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Future of Cork addiction charity thrown into doubt

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Limerick council's CCTV failings brought into sharp focus by DPC probe

Q&A: What is Sinn Féin's Abú database and why is it in the news?

The Data Protection Commissioner has ruled that the Sinn Féin Abú database was legal, but that parts of its operation were not transparent.

Mon, 20 Dec, 2021

File Photo The Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has clashed with several of her European counterparts after they object

Woman brings action over DPC's delay in processing her foster care abuse complaint

She claims she was raped by an older male foster child, sexually abused, physically assaulted, emotionally abused and verbally intimidated

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

Paul Hosford: Parties cutting corners to get up the greasy poll

All three Coalition partners and the main opposition party are now lined up in a circular firing squad over phoney polling

Fri, 11 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

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

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

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

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

Legal challenge over alleged failure to progress data complaints

A not-for profit organisation has launched a High Court challenge over what it claims is the Data Protection Commissioner's failure to progress complaints made about the unlawful processing of personal data by social media platforms in 2018.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2020

Accountancy exam student fails in appeal over right to be given the original scripts

A man who won a landmark challenge over access to copies of his accountancy exam scripts has failed in an appeal in which he claimed he also had a right of access to or to be given the originals because of his fears of "doctoring" of the papers.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Hiqa suffered 22 data protection breaches since last year, figures reveal

The email account of a Hiqa employee was hacked and access was gained for a number of hours.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2020

HSE expects up to 80% of population would use track and trace coronavirus app

The HSE is to seek government approval for a Covid-19 contact and tracing app it hopes to launch later this month.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

HSE's Covid-19 contact tracing app field testing to begin next week

The HSE's contact tracing app is to be trialled next week.

Sat, 30 May, 2020

HSE to bring in '15-year supply' of PPE for frontline staff

Senior HSE officials have outlined a massive operation to increase the amount of equipment and facilities it has available to respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2020

Brian Keegan: Businesses need to be allowed imaginative rule bending in the Covid-19 crisis

It is startling the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has changed the ground rules for business, writes Brian Keegan.

Sun, 22 Mar, 2020

Irish Water delays plan to charge for excessive usage

Plans for Irish Water to charge 58,000 households for excessive water usage were delayed amid concerns over data protection and how to deal with customers that have no water meters.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020

No one sanctioned for Tusla data breach

Nobody has been sanctioned in Tusla for serious data breaches being investigated by the Data Protection Commissioner, it has emerged.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020

Liam Herrick: Immediate steps that could transform our civil liberties

Liam Herrick lists eight stumbling blocks to ensuring human rights and equal treatment can become a reality here and how they can be easily fixed

Thu, 06 Feb, 2020

Dept of Justice sought €97m to tackle asylum 'unprecedented increase'

Internal departmental records show how it expected to go up to €60m over budget in 2019 because of the rise in applications for international protection.

Sat, 25 Jan, 2020

Public Services Card appeal to be done by March, minister claims

Regina Doherty said that the appeal is necessary as “the cost of not appealing would be absolutely enormous to the State, and not just in terms of finances”.

Thu, 09 Jan, 2020

Doherty: Appeal of Public Services Card enforcement notice will 'hopfully' be completed by March

The minister with responsibility for the controversial Public Services Card has said her Department’s appeal of an enforcement notice will “hopefully” be completed by March.

Wed, 08 Jan, 2020

Department appeals Public Service Card enforcement notice by Data Commissioner

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has officially appealed the enforcement notice served upon it regarding the Public Services Card by the Data Protection Commissioner.

Fri, 03 Jan, 2020

Department was advised by data consultancy not to use Public Services Card

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs was advised by a data protection consultancy not to use the Public Services Card as a mandatory requirement for accessing the new National Childcare Scheme as to do so would risk breaching the constitutional rights of children.

Fri, 03 Jan, 2020

Regina Doherty adopts pugnacious style but Dáil grilling a car-crash performance

It’s hard to escape the feeling that Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty’s appearance before her own Oireachtas committee yesterday was anything but an embarrassing car crash for her personally.

Fri, 22 Nov, 2019

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

Government willing to go 'as far as it takes' to defend position on Public Services Card

A stormy meeting on the controversial Public Services Card this morning saw Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty say her department would take their objection to accusations of illegality levelled at the card “as far as it takes to vindicate our position”.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2019

Teacher denied access to social welfare after breaking her ankle and refusing to get PSC

A languages teacher in rural Ireland broke her ankle but was denied welfare benefit by the Department of Social Protection because she refused to get a public services card (PSC).

Mon, 18 Nov, 2019

Apple case fees may be revealed, Minister says

His department had previously released figures including the individual payments to barristers acting on its behalf in the Apple case, but stopped after the introduction of new European data rules, known as GDPR.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2019

"Unfortunate" that people think we're breaking the law - PSC chief

“I’m advised that we are operating within the law, I believe we are operating within the law.”

Fri, 08 Nov, 2019

Department of Finance criticised for using GDPR rules to avoid publishing Apple appeal legal payments

The Dail's Spending watchdog has blasted the Department of Finance's use of GDPR rules not to publish payments to lawyers acting on its behalf in the €14bn Apple appeal.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019

Dept refuses to detail law costs: Secrecy on fees is not tolerable

This administration, albeit in an earlier iteration, promised that openness, that active accountability would become a characteristic of our public life.

Mon, 04 Nov, 2019

Donohoe ordered that PSC system be used

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs was ordered to make the public services card (PSC) the only way for people to access the new National Childcare Scheme as it did “not make sense” for the department to be allowed to develop its own application system.

Tue, 22 Oct, 2019

High-ranking civil servant 'made zero effort to answer committee's questions on Public Services Card' - PAC chair

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised one of the country’s most senior civil servants for making “zero effort to answer the questions” posed by the committee regarding the Public Services Card.

Thu, 10 Oct, 2019

Social Protection slow to share draft report on PSC

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection did not share the interim adversarial findings of the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) regarding the Public Services Card (PSC) with any affected bodies apart from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This was despite being specifically asked and in a position to do so.

Wed, 09 Oct, 2019

Top civil servant Robert Watt defends ‘value’ of PSC

One of the country’s top civil servants has defended the public services card (PSC), saying the “value” of the project is “often misunderstood”.

Mon, 07 Oct, 2019

Department faces €1m fines over PSC debacle

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) is facing a possible investigation and potential €1m fines over the mandatory requirement to hold a public services card in order to access the new National Childcare Scheme.

Sat, 05 Oct, 2019

Government cannot say how much Public Services Card project has cost so far

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection cannot say how much the 10-year Public Services Card project has cost to date.

Tue, 01 Oct, 2019

Alternative to PSC for childcare shut off in 2018

An alternative method for applying for the new National Childcare Scheme online, other than the public services card, was dramatically dropped on the advice of a State body with responsibility for the card’s expansion in January 2018.

Tue, 01 Oct, 2019

Registrations conducted for Public Services Card despite investigation

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection was registering entire private companies for the Public Services Card despite an ongoing investigation into the project by the Data Protection Commissioner.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2019

Regina Doherty called on to release legal advice received on Public Services Card

The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection has been called upon to release the legal advice she received on the Public Services Card at a stormy Dáil session this evening.

Wed, 25 Sep, 2019

Public service card row being pushed back until after election

The Government is goading the Data Protection Commissioner into taking it to court, mostly as a delaying tactic, says Michael Clifford

Fri, 20 Sep, 2019

Public Services Card no longer required to apply for passport

The Passport Office will no longer require a person to have a Public Services Card to acquire a passport, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Wed, 18 Sep, 2019

€9.4m development of new Public Services Card to be completed in January

A €9.4 million project to develop the second generation of the controversial Public Services Card is set for completion in January of next year, it has been confirmed.

Mon, 16 Sep, 2019

An Post contacted Data Protection Commissioner over Cork data breach

An Post says it has contacted the Data Protection Commissioner following a breach involving 250 of its customers in Cork.

Thu, 12 Sep, 2019

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