Claim that data commission failed to fully investigate alleged breach by Google dismissed

The complaint by Dr Johnny Ryan of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties concerns the operation of a system, allegedly used by Google, called 'Real Time Bidding'

Dr Ryan also raised issues about Google's alleged inability to demonstrate their compliance with the GDPR requirement that personal data be processed lawfully and fairly, and that the processing of personal data be kept to a minimum. File photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The High Court has dismissed a claim that the Data Protection Commission failed to fully investigate a complaint made to it five years ago about an alleged massive data breach by the internet giant Google.

The complaint about Google's processing of personal data was made by Dr Johnny Ryan who is a senior fellow of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.