Data Protection Commissioner will no longer engage with Department of Social Protection regarding Public Services Card

The Department of Social Protection’s rejection of the recent highly critical findings of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the Public Services Card has been struck a perhaps fatal blow with the news that the Commissioner will not be engaging further with them.

Minister Regina Doherty had said that, on the back of “incredibly strong legal advice” which her department had received, she would be challenging the DPC’s findings, calling upon her to suspend all processing of data using the PSC within three weeks.