Civil liberties group 'deeply concerned' at Data Protection Commission's handling of big tech companies

Google’s online marketing process of Real Time Bidding (RTB), which sees users advertised to based on profiles created using their internet activity and personal data is under scrutiny

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 investigations”.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ executive director Liam Herrick has written to Minister Helen McEntee to express its unhappiness at the “unacceptable” delay in actioning a complaint first delivered to the DPC by its now employee, Dr Johnny Ryan, two years ago today.