Data watchdogs fail to police Google, Facebook and Apple, says civil liberties group

The Data Protection Commission is 'failing' to enforce EU data privacy laws on major international tech companies, according to a new report from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

The Data Protection Commission is "failing" to enforce EU data privacy laws on major international tech companies, according to a new report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL).

The ICCL’s report, ‘Europe’s enforcement paralysis’, claims Ireland is Europe's "worst bottleneck of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement against big tech”.