Report warns of difficult legal position due to previous rulings that retention is illegal
Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts
Karlin Lillington: Although I knew the specific threat was a bluff, I had wider worries
With social media giants holding a monopoly, we need ways to them accountable when they misuse our data, which is where regulatory enforcement comes in
Chips reported to have offered unfettered access to anything servers did
Up to 50 million users impacted by glitch which opened personal data on users’ accounts to possible hacking
Watchdog says HSE must implement nine recommendations on database used for health planning
Data Summit told of need to focus on benefits for end user in big data and AI innovations
Net Results: Dispute has arisen over search engines linking to factually correct data
One-third of children accessing age-inappropriate games on internet, survey reveals
Child and Family Agency launches €10m childcare database to replace 17 separate systems across the State
Department of Social Protection says it made €530m in savings after reviewing payments
Privacy experts concerned about ‘chilling effect’ if people’s online activity is recorded
EU plans to ban political groups from profiting from Cambridge Analytica-style data collection
Committee will decide if public interest outweighs individual rights
Data science pioneer Jeffrey Ullman has ‘mixed feelings’ about industry regulation
Privacy concerns are raised over proposal that would place some cars on a ‘watch list’
News that the company tracks users even when they forbid it shows that they do not take our privacy seriously
Rise appears to reflect more stringent reporting obligations under EU’s new data protection regime
Children need greater safeguards but Government failed to inspire when it announced its Action Plan for Online Safety
Minister for Communications to hold talks with social network over ‘Dispatches’ exposé
Regina Doherty responds to questions on biometric data following order to change website’s privacy statement
Data protection officer ‘on leave’ when alterations made, says Social Protection
Fine is less than 1% of company’s daily revenue in 2017
Public services card photograph is ‘not biometric’, Department says
Biometric Card Services is renamed as Security Card Concepts ahead of production
Karlin Lillington: US firms thought they might dodge greater consumer privacy obligations
Ticket firm’s website breached by malware on a third-party service
Net Results: Social media giant opaque on referendum advertising campaigns
Government says inclusion of biometric information would require legislation
Data Sharing and Governance Bill will deliver ‘tangible benefits’ says Donohoe
Net Results: Two draconian measures will lead to mass surveillance and curb content
Civil liberties committee expresses concern over companies that have misused personal data
Civil liberties groups find lack of oversight in Ireland and elsewhere ‘deeply troubling’
Minister says legislation raises complex issues in relation to identity and privacy
Industry reviewing current arrangements for database, says Minister for Justice
Karlin Lillington: Activist urges digital giants to facilitate online users’ right to privacy
European data protection bodies vow to work with Irish colleagues on complaints
Data Protection Commissioner now responsible for ensuring both search giant and Facebook are compliant on data privacy
Claim about voice-activated speakers renews concerns about internet-connected devices
Facebook and Google face legal challenges based on GDPR
Warning that GDPR will lead to a surge in insurance claims
Helen Dixon says her office needs to at least double to cope with its expected workload
Facebook allegedly tried to use Cambridge Analytica scandal loophole to earn billions
Regulation increases obligations on organisations on how personal data processed
Criminals using introduction of General Data Protection Regulation as cover to harvest personal information
Medical training college says investigation into privacy in hospitals highlights problems for clinical staff
Overall optics were of a stunned Facebook CEO facing a barrage of weighty questions
Social media group’s founder admits it has not done enough to stop abuse on its network
Major investigation by Data Protection Commissioner examines privacy practices at 20 hospitals
The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data
UK firm that worked with Trump campaign lost clients after claims it misused data
Fianna Fáil and Labour attempts to raise bar to 16 years rejected by Oireachtas committee
Move comes in response to introduction of GDPR
Net Results: General Data Protection Regulation the top topic at RSA conference
Failure to disclose 2014 security breach ‘a complete corporate failure’, regulator says
Contentious card scheme costs State €60m to date, with over three million cards issued
Social media giant’s users outside EU will no longer be routed through Facebook Ireland
Data watchdog tells Oireachtas committee of the issues created by Facebook scandal
Stewarts Healthcare admits conditions in its facilities are unacceptable and management is ineffective
The biggest obstacle to regulating the social-media giant is a lack of political will
Facebook chief tight-lipped on contentious issues during Congressional grilling
Encrypted platform refused to allow secret services to access users’ data
Ultimate decision could undermine business models at Google, Twitter and Apple
Major issue is potential ‘mass indiscriminate processing’ of data by US state agencies
Facebook’s founder draws fire over not answering question over business model
Chief executive of firm with over 2bn monthly users denies it is a monopoly
Facebook chief wisely abandons hoodie to face senators’ grilling, but sticks to his script
Social media giant’s chief denies Facebook ‘wilfully blind’ to abuse
Here are six questions he might not like
Introduction of ‘enforcement toolkit’ for regulators long overdue, says Dixon
Company has links to Cambridge university
Interview: The privacy activist talks Cambridge Analytica and why the battle has just begun
Emotional CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends his position and says he intends to stay in charge
Only 15 people installed ‘test’ app in Cambridge Analytica scandal, but thousands were put at risk by US-based friends
Act gives US ‘nearly unchecked’ power over global digital privacy rights, say critics
Social media giant makes change after Cork woman questioned anti-abortion post
US government seeking access to data on servers in Ireland in drug trafficking case
Online verification codes present major data protection issues, social media giant says
‘Maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies,’ executive memo said
Settings previously scattered around 20 different pages on platform
Whistleblower says Canadian firm developed software to target Republican voters in 2016
RSA: policy change marks partial reversal of plan to compel applicants to use State card
Amendment reverses exemption of public bodies from huge fines under new EU regime
Ireland among 22 countries from which US claims group stole data on behalf of state
The Facebook chief executive was evasive when he finally emerged to make a statement about the Cambridge Analytica crisis
Helen Dixon: Microtargeting can have sinister effects in free, democratic society
Facebook chief acknowledges ‘breach of trust’ between social media giant and users
Cambridge Analytica turns focus on privacy norms and settings for online targeting
Inquiries into ‘scraping’ of user data from social media profiles and it potential use for influencing audiences
Bill enables gathering of personal information for ‘electoral activities’, expert says
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