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The social network giant said it sought a judicial review of the Data Protection Commission’s preliminary decision. Photograph: AFP via Getty

Facebook seeks judicial review of data watchdog’s data transfer decision

Data Protection Commission said Facebook may need to halt US data transfers

Europe’s highest court in July ruled that the main transatlantic data transfer deal hammered out between Brussels and Washington – Privacy Shield – was invalid because of concerns about US surveillance. Photograph: AFP via Getty

Facebook’s EU-US data transfer mechanism ‘cannot be used’, says Irish regulator

September 10, 2020, 10:17

Data Protection Commission is lead regulator for Facebook in EU

Twitter has confirmed that it is under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission for potentially misusing people’s personal information to serve ads. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Twitter faces $250m fine over new data privacy issue

Kate Conger
August 4, 2020, 11:32

Social media giant accused of personal information misuse for tailored advertising

This decision poses a shattering challenge to the data-centric business models of many companies, from social media platforms to advertising giants, which make their money by exploiting users’ personal data.

Blockbuster Schrems decision to impact nearly every business

Karlin Lillington
July 16, 2020, 14:08

Court in effect ruled that personal data is not, as US companies generally view it, an asset

The cartel senate members of the German federal court open the negotiations between Facebook and Bundeskartellamt, the German federal cartel authority. Photograph: Uli deck/ EPA

German court injunction could limit Facebook’s data collection

Derek Scally
June 24, 2020, 18:41

Facebook defends data policy and insists nothing will change for its German users

Germany’s highest administrative court has issued an injunction against Facebook’s Dublin operation, ordering it to stop collecting its German users’ data. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

German court orders Facebook to stop collecting user data

Derek Scally
June 23, 2020, 18:23

Order against social media giant’s Dublin operation says it abuses market domination

Smaller businesses have been shown to be particularly affected by the costs of compliance with GDPR

EU admits it has been hard to implement GDPR

Javier Espinoza
June 23, 2020, 11:05

Official report on data protection regulation notes burden on smaller companies

A spokeswoman for Google said the company would review possible changes. Photograph: AFP via Getty

Top French court upholds €50m Google privacy breach fine

June 19, 2020, 17:31

Google says it will ‘review what changes we need to make’

Nasdaq-listed Zoom’s video chat service has exploded in popularity since lockdowns were introduced across the globe to slow the spread of Covid-19

Zoom plan will allow China to block users

June 12, 2020, 13:19

Platform admits to disabling accounts of dissidents commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre

Chinese tanks are confronted by a lone demonstrator after the crushing of protests in Tiananmen Square.

Zoom disables accounts of former Tiananmen Square student leader

June 11, 2020, 12:22

Video conference platform used to commemorate massacre by Chinese army

The Citizen Lab investigation was launched after it was contacted in 2017 by a Reuters journalist who had investigated Wirecard and was targeted by a phishing campaign. Photograph: Getty

Hackers for hire targeted hundreds of institutions – report

Paul Murphy
June 9, 2020, 20:36

28,000 web pages set up to steal passwords from elected officials, lawyers and journalists

A hackers-for-hire group dubbed “Dark Basin” has targeted thousands of individuals and hundreds of institutions around the world, including advocacy groups, journalists, elected officials, lawyers, hedge funds and companies

Hackers for hire targeted hundreds of institutions, says report

Paul Murphy
June 9, 2020, 12:46

Researchers found 28,000 web pages set up to steal passwords from elected officials, lawyers and journalists

According to the lawsuit, the company collects information, including IP addresses and browsing histories, whenever users visit web pages or use an app tied to common Google services

Google facing $5bn lawsuit for tracking in ‘private’ mode

June 3, 2020, 09:51

Lawsuits claims tech giant surreptitiously amasses information about internet users

Amazon is unquestionably the world’s most essential retailer, hiring 100,000 extra staff to manage its quarantine-related demand surge. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images

Big Tech’s viral boom could be its undoing

Rana Foroohar
May 22, 2020, 05:25

Data is being created faster than ever since Covid-19 made our lives largely virtual

Only six national data protection authorities have more than 10 specialist tech investigation staff, and seven EU states have just one or two, according to the report from privacy-focused web browser company Brave

Data protection offices need proper resources now more than ever

Karlin Lillington
April 30, 2020, 11:55

Key legal requirement of GDPR is that states supply resources needed to enforce this important piece of legislation

Helen Dixon, the Data Protection Commissioner, who said her office had been overwhelmed by complaints from data privacy advocates for sweeping, resource-intensive investigations of entire industries.

Privacy advocates’ complaints overwhelm data protection office

April 28, 2020, 16:49

Commissioner Helen Dixon says GDPR legisaltion ‘doesn’t allow for taking on a whole sector’

Zoom said on Thursday it would freeze new feature development and shift all engineering resources on to security and safety issues.

Zoom patches Mac flaw as it pledges to shift focus to privacy, safety issues

April 3, 2020, 11:48

Company promises to ‘do better’ as security issues come to light

Google is sharing users’ personal data between its services without acquiring specific consent to do so, one of its smaller rivals, Brave, has claimed. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Google accused by rival of fundamental GDPR breaches

Madhumita Murgia
March 16, 2020, 08:26

Search giant says data privacy claims do not stand up to ‘serious scrutiny’

Billionaire John Catsimatidis used Clearview to surveil shoppers at a grocery store he owns, and to identify a man he saw on a date with his daughter. Photograph: the New York Times

Clearview: from billionaire plaything to police surveillance tool

March 12, 2020, 05:00

Controversial facial recognition tool used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said that her office was ‘well advanced’ in the decision-making process on whether to impose fines. Photograph: Conor McCabe Photography

Big tech ‘procedural queries’ delay decision on first data fines – watchdog

Simon Carswell
February 20, 2020, 05:00

Data Protection Commissioner assessing issues around information-sharing with other EU regulators

Tinder is the subject of one of the Data Protection Commissioner’s two most recent investigations, announced earlier this month, around the handling of user data. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Which big tech firms are being investigated by the data regulator?

Simon Carswell
February 20, 2020, 05:00

Data Protection Commission has undertaken 23 inquiries into tech multinationals

The Data Protection Commissioner said her office had received different responses from different bishops. Photograph: iStock

Catholic Church records may be inspected over GDPR concerns

Simon Carswell
February 20, 2020, 05:00

Data regulator investigating whether baptismal records fall under EU data privacy law

Google has decided to move its British users out of Irish jurisdiction because it is unclear whether Britain will follow GDPR or adopt other rules that could affect the handling of user data, sources said. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP

Google users in UK to lose EU data protection, sources say

February 19, 2020, 20:25

Move out of Irish jurisdiction would place UK users under US jurisdiction instead

A view of a public services card. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Government is hanging taxpayers out to dry in row over public services card

Karlin Lillington
January 9, 2020, 08:06

Net Results: Department’s legal challenge to enforcement order on the card is crass

US whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks to European officials by video during a parliamentary hearing on improving the protection of whistleblowers, at the Council of Europe in 2014. File photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images

Privacy and data in 2019: We deserve better than surveillance capitalism

Karlin Lillington
January 2, 2020, 05:00

Karlin Lillington: Tech companies now face greater legal and regulatory opposition

The ECJ case arose from a complaint against Facebook made by Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Maximilian Schrems to the Irish Data Protection Commission.

Non-binding opinion on Schrems case elegant and practical

Karlin Lillington
December 19, 2019, 18:26

Analysis: Companies on either side of Atlantic will find little comfort in ECJ opinion

“Contracting face surveillance technology for children accessing medical care would be incredibly invasive.”

Facial recognition technology latest woe at national children’s hospital

Marie Boran
December 12, 2019, 06:30

Net Results: Apart from expense, Hikvision cameras bring GDPR issues into focus

An entire population can be profiled from just 2 per cent of a nation’s DNA. Photograph: Getty

Ireland’s national genome project should not be in private control

Karlin Lillington
November 28, 2019, 06:30

Net Results: When will Government listen to the numerous experts alarmed at situation?

Google has been in a fight with activists on its staff who have objected to work that they believe contravenes the company’s basic ethical values.

Google fires four workers for data security policy breaches

November 26, 2019, 14:07

Company’s work for US government a point of conflict

Attendees wait to ask a question of a Google Assistant at a giant “Hey Google” gumball machine game at CES 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photograph: Robyn Beck / AFP

Calls for Google’s $2.1bn Fitbit deal to be blocked over data fears

Hannah Kuchler
November 22, 2019, 09:12

Takeover would gives Google access to a huge trove of heart rate, activity and sleep data

The court ruled that EU law did not automatically apply outside the bloc. Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty

Google wins in ‘right to be forgotten’ fight with France

Mehreen Khan and Patricia Nilsson
September 24, 2019, 15:02

European Court of Justice rules Google does not have to remove links outside Europe

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager: her re-appointment this week will rattle Silicon Valley. Photograph: Reuters/Francois Lenoir

US antitrust action has tech companies sweating on their home turf

Karlin Lillington
September 12, 2019, 05:30

Net Results: EU has issued fines now US public’s anti-tech mood spurs official action

Facebook has confirmed that it had been transcribing users’ audio but said it will no longer do so. Photograph: PA

Data Protection Commission seeks answers from Facebook on audio transcription

August 14, 2019, 12:59

Social network under fire for collecting and reviewing audio snippets from consumers’ devices

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in April 2018. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

Tide turns on social media giants as privacy concerns rise in US

Suzanne Lynch
August 8, 2019, 05:15

California leads legislative moves with privacy law modelled in part on GDPR

Users can turn off storing audio data to their Google account completely, or choose to auto-delete data after every three months or 18 months, said Google. File photograph: Getty

Apple and Google act on data privacy worries over voice assistants

August 3, 2019, 00:24

Tech giants shelve review of recordings from users interacting with voice assistants

Mark Zuckerburg said the company was undertaking ‘major structural changes’. Photograph: Getty

Facebook to pay $5bn to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal

July 24, 2019, 15:21

Firm to set up privacy committee after settlement some believe does not go far enough

The Apple Watch was initially positioned as a luxury, but it soon became clear that its true appeal was functional. Photograph: AP

Apple Watch: the not-quite-Orwellian data monitoring tool

John Gapper
July 24, 2019, 11:23

Technology companies must ensure that personal data monitoring doesn’t become mass surveillance

Andreas Mundt: his agency ruled in February that Facebook had broken the country’s law and demanded that it stop automatically sharing data among the services it owns, such as Instagram and WhatsApp, or websites that use its ‘like’ and ‘share’ buttons. Photograph: Jann Höfer/New York Times

Big Tech knows you better than your wife – time for a data divorce?

Adam Satariano
July 18, 2019, 03:25

Germany’s antitrust enforcer wants to hit tech giants where it hurts: the data they covet

Facebook’s foray into banking via the creation of a crypto currency could be the last throw of the disruptive dice: there are few profit streams left for tech to usurp. File photograph: The New York Times

Chris Johns: Forget Facebook’s $5bn fine – taxing tech giants is the real story

Chris Johns
July 14, 2019, 12:26

Tech giants can learn from fall of big investment banks and how they mistook super-normal profits as new norm

Willie Walsh, CEO, IAG, said he ‘will defend the airline’s position vigorously’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Willie Walsh faces uphill battle in fighting €205m data breach fine

Fiona Walsh
July 10, 2019, 04:42

London Briefing: BA has dubious distinction of first to be fined under new GDPR rules

Counsel for Facebook, the US federal government and tech industry groups warned the court that invalidating the main legal instrument used for Facebook’s EU-US data transmissions would have huge knock-on effects for European businesses and citizens.

EU’s highest court asked to invalidate main Facebook data channel

Derek Scally
July 9, 2019, 18:21

Transatlantic channel allows US to spy on EU citizens Data Protection Commission alleges

Beneath a mesh, looking like a giant golden jellyfish, more than 300 gold-upholstered seats of the CJEU filled up long before 9am with lawyers, law students and observers.

A uniquely Irish affair debuts in front of a packed audience

Derek Scally
July 9, 2019, 16:58

All rise for round two in the long-running legal action between Facebook, Max Schrems and the Data Protection Commissioner

Xu Li, chief executive of SenseTime Group, is identified by the company’s facial recognition system. Photograph: Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg via Getty

Microsoft quietly deletes largest public face recognition data set

June 6, 2019, 11:54

Database of 10m faces has been used by military researchers and Chinese firms

Facebook argued before the Supreme Court last January it is entitled to appeal the referral

Facebook loses Supreme Court appeal in Max Schrems case

Mary Carolan
May 31, 2019, 10:44

Data protection commissioner raised concerns about revamped data privacy agreement

Pegasus spyware can be uploaded via WhatsApp hack and can spy on calls and chats, and remotely control the device’s microphone and camera. Photograph: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File

Lessons from WhatsApp hack: we are all victims of global spyware industry

Karlin Lillington
May 16, 2019, 05:30

Net Results: Developer of Pegasus spyware says its clients are governments and state agencies

The Data Protection Commissioner is Facebook’s lead regulator in Europe. File photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Data Protection Commissioner to investigate Facebook over password storage

Jack Power
April 25, 2019, 21:59

Facebook reported glitch that exposed millions of user passwords to 20,000 employees

Sidewalk Labs proposed Area1 and Area2 of Portland development. Photograph: Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty

Inside Google’s smart city – a modern metropolis

Anna Nicolauo
March 27, 2019, 18:40

Plans to build a tech-fired Utopia in Toronto are gaining traction, despite privacy fears

The HSE was the worst performing of six national health service websites surveyed by eprivacy firm Cookiebot.

Data from HSE website users ‘leaked to commercial actors’

Jack Horgan-Jones
March 18, 2019, 19:09

Report finds 73 per cent of HSE landing pages contained ‘ad trackers’

Google’s chief privacy officer Keith Enright addresses the IIEA in Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: Lorcan Mullally/IIEA

GDPR fines ‘likely to end up before Europe’s highest court’

Elaine Edwards
February 21, 2019, 13:07

Chief privacy officer says multinational disagrees with French authority after €50m fine

Professor Sonia Livingstone has examined how children’s digital lives ’raise pressing questions about their capacity to act, and about the responsibilities of others, in ways that fulfil rather than undermine their rights’

Social media firms should fund body to advise children on online safety, expert says

Elaine Edwards
February 19, 2019, 20:32

Sonia Livingstone says young people’s digital lives raise questions about rights, responsibilities

The House of Commons digital committee said ‘we need a radical shift in the balance of power between the platforms and the people’. File photograph: Getty Images

Facebook censured by House of Commons digital committee

February 18, 2019, 16:52

Damning report slates Mark Zuckerberg for leadership failure and lack of responsibility

Concluding an 18-month long investigation into “fake news” the committee accused Facebook of “intentionally and knowingly” violating data privacy laws

UK MPs slam Facebook for data abuse, call for social media regulator

Patricia Nilsson
February 18, 2019, 12:55

Tech group should be investigated for ‘intentionally’ violating privacy laws, say British lawmakers

The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Facebook broke a consent order that it signed with the commission in 2011. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Facebook in talks with US watchdog to settle privacy investigation

February 15, 2019, 20:14

Negotiations have started but no monetary figure is believed to have been agreed

Dr Paul Vixie, CEO of Farsight Security: “We are barely evolved monkeys, and everyone who has descended from monkeys is likely to be fascinated by a shiny object. But this thing where we are willing to trade off safety for convenience did not used to be true”

Dr Paul Vixie: ‘We are going to have our day of reckoning with Big Data’

Elaine Edwards
February 7, 2019, 03:35

The tech veteran’s security firm uses a vast database DNS records to stop cyber-crime

Helen Dixon, Data Protection Commissioner, said there are 16 ongoing investigations into technology companies.

Facebook faces seven data-protection investigations in Republic

February 1, 2019, 16:36

Inquiries among 16 cases targeting big tech firms including Twitter, Apple and LinkedIn

A Google spokesewoman said: “We have strict policies that prohibit advertisers on our platforms from targeting individuals on the basis of sensitive categories such as race, sexual orientation, health conditions, pregnancy status, etc.” Photograph: iStock

Online ad industry rejects complaints of targeting users

Elaine Edwards
January 30, 2019, 14:49

Google and IAB accused of auctioning ads based on highly sensitive personal data

Dr Jules Polonetsky delivers his lecture ‘Navigating Privacy in a Data Centric World’ at Trinity College Dublin. Photograph:Tom Honan/The Irish Times

Broad participation needed over future of smart cities and data – expert

Elaine Edwards
January 28, 2019, 20:14

Dr Jules Polonetsky delivers TCD talk on social and ethical dilemmas of new technologies

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon received €128,682 in pay.

Schrems case and GDPR contribute to 140% rise in costs at DPC

Gordon Deegan
January 28, 2019, 17:59

Schrems data privacy case costs Data Protection Commissioner €1.928m to date

An investigation was opened into the transfer of the DNA samples in 2016 from Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin to the company Genomics Medicine Ireland. Image: Getty Images

Hospital investigates release of DNA samples to research firm

Elaine Edwards
January 28, 2019, 16:15

Genomics Medicine Ireland says it cannot identify participants in children’s hospital study

Personal data: official documents from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the organisation that makes the rules for online ad auctions, reveal categories for targeting internet users include one titled “IAB7-28 Incest/Abuse Support”

New documents back complaints about online advertising

Elaine Edwards
January 28, 2019, 01:00

Ad auction companies can be enabled to target and profile a person as an incest or abuse victim

France’s data protection office’s pursuit of Google is viewed as a significant test case. Photograph: PA Wire

Google to challenge €50m French fine over EU’s new data laws

January 23, 2019, 21:13

Fine relates to GDPR rules that came into force last May

Michael Collins SC, for Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon (above), said the Supreme Court should not interfere with the High Court judgment directing a reference to the ECJ over the transfer channels.

Facebook wants to alter findings because ‘it doesn’t like them’, court told

Mary Carolan
January 22, 2019, 17:42

Key issue in appeal is whether legal entitlement exists to appeal referral to ECJ

Under the GDPR, EU regulators have the power to fine companies as much as €20 million or 4 per cent of their annual turnover – whichever is largest.

Google hit with €50m fine for data privacy breach

January 21, 2019, 16:04

Levy is first use of GDPR introduced last year

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan launching the passport card in 2015. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Ireland will not be compelled to fingerprint citizens for passports

Elaine Edwards
January 16, 2019, 17:12

State has secured a derogation from proposed new EU security regulation

The Government has denied the Public Services Card is a national identity card

Department refuses to release details of public services card inquiry

Elaine Edwards
January 14, 2019, 08:08

Irish Council for Civil Liberties calls for publication of information in public interest

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg: Several app developers have complained about the issue to Facebook since May. Photograph: Getty

Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent

December 30, 2018, 18:37

Some apps pass on data the second they’re opened on a smartphone

Tech companies’ products offer enticements, and many benefits but their potential encroachments and real costs go unrecognised (at best) or more despicably, are hidden (NB Google and Facebook). Photograph: Getty Images

Data privacy: failing to address critical issues 20 years on

Karlin Lillington
December 20, 2018, 05:30

While EU now has GDPR, little has changed in US on data privacy and data protection

Schools throughout the State will be invited to take part in the consultation on children’s data protection rights. Photograph: iStockphoto

Schools to be asked views on children’s data protection rights

Elaine Edwards
December 19, 2018, 15:28

Data Protection Commission to consult a range of stakeholders on codes of conduct

Huawei denied any suggestion that the company poses a threat to Czech national security. Photograph: Bloomberg

Czech cyber watchdog signals security threat from Huawei and ZTE

December 17, 2018, 19:09

Network operators warned against using software or hardware made by Chinese firms

Purpose of the regulations is to ‘support health research and promote enhanced public confidence in such research’.

Experts sought to take part in new ‘consent’ committee for health research

Elaine Edwards
December 16, 2018, 18:43

Researchers will be able to apply in exceptional circumstances to use personal data without consent

Marc Rotenberg, president of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC)

Laws on hate crimes in cyber space should be a top priority – Rotenberg

Elaine Edwards
December 13, 2018, 19:30

US activist says Government must act to safeguard fundamental rights in digital space

A study carried out by Italian researchers found that participants were willing to sell data for a median minimum price of €2

Monetising your personal data is loaded with peril

Marie Boran
December 13, 2018, 05:15

Internet users can take back control of their data while swapping it for cash or services

The Data Protection Commission has issued guidance on the use of dash cams.

Q&A: How to ensure your dash cam does not infringe privacy law

Elaine Edwards
December 11, 2018, 13:27

Data Protection Commission has issued guidelines on dash cameras for motorists

The Data Protection Commission says motorists using dash cams have responsibilities as data controllers. Photograph: iStockPhoto

Motorists with dash cams have duties under data protection law, DPC says

Elaine Edwards
December 10, 2018, 18:54

Data regulator says publishing footage on social media platforms risked infringing privacy rights

At least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather or other information, The New York Times found.

Your apps know where you were last night, and they’re not keeping it secret

Natasha Singer
December 10, 2018, 11:24

Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.

Over three million photographs are held in the department’s facial matching database for the public services card

Data watchdog investigating potential GDPR breaches in Government

Elaine Edwards
December 6, 2018, 07:11

Department of Social Protection allegedly interfered with role of its data protection officer

Trade union representatives will meet Aer Lingus management later this week to discuss the airline’s installation of CCTV cameras at Dublin Airport to monitor what it terms ‘unacceptable behaviour’ by some staff. File photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times.

Siptu to meet Aer Lingus over use of CCTV to monitor staff behaviour

Elaine Edwards
December 4, 2018, 15:37

Airline says move at Dublin Airport aims to protect customer and company property

The Westin, part of the Starwood chain, which is owned by Marriott

Marriott says personal data on 500m customers at risk in massive breach

November 30, 2018, 17:49

Westin hotel in Dublin was originally part of the Starwood chain where the breach took place

Data Protection Commission says it has not called for any ‘pause’ on community CCTV.

Data law ‘not preventing roll-out’ of community CCTV schemes

Elaine Edwards
November 29, 2018, 13:01

DPC says ongoing inquiry is examining operation of schemes in local authority areas

Mark Zuckerberg’s empty chair in the committee room in the House of Commons where he had been invited to answer question from parliamentarians from nine countries.

Mark Zuckerberg attacked over not attending House of Commons committee

Harry McGee
November 27, 2018, 17:57

Facebook berated for sharing of personal data

landlords, or their agents, should not seek PPS numbers during the initial phase of the lettings process and should only do so when the lease was being agreed, the DPC said.

Landlords should not seek photos and PPS numbers, DPC says

Elaine Edwards
November 23, 2018, 16:30

Data commission urges procedures for disposing of records once lettings conclude

The DPC found the Reception and Integration Agency and Aramark infringed a resident’s data protection rights.

Rights of direct provision resident breached after CCTV footage allegedly disclosed to radio station

Elaine Edwards
November 23, 2018, 16:25

Data Protection Commissioner says State agency and contractor Aramark breached duties

LinkedIn in the US processed the email addresses of 18 million non-users to target them with ads on Facebook.

LinkedIn processed 18 million email addresses of non-users for targeted advertising

Elaine Edwards
November 23, 2018, 16:00

Data Protection Commissioner audit says US company acted outside its remit

Facebook argues that the penalty “challenges some of the basic principles of how people should be allowed to share information online”. Photograph: Getty Images

Facebook lodges appeal against £500,000 Cambridge Analytica fine

Alex Hern
November 22, 2018, 09:11

Privacy rights advocates say social media group ‘should know when to stop digging and when to start taking responsibility’

A spokesman for the Data Protection Commission said its position had not changed. Photograph: iStock

CSO ‘continues to explore’ plan to use phone data for tourism statistics

Elaine Edwards
November 20, 2018, 07:52

Mobile network providers say they have provided no data to Government statistics agency

A hospital in Tullamore has been hit by a ransomware attack.

Tullamore hospital suffers ransomware attack

Elaine Edwards
November 15, 2018, 21:19

Dublin Midlands Hospital Group working with HSE after ‘isolated’ incident

Ciarán Martin, chief executive officer of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, was in Dublin recently to address the Institute of International and European Affairs. File photograph: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Less fear and more transparency key to fighting cybercrime

Mark Hilliard
November 15, 2018, 03:43

Head of UK cybersecurity urges vigilance on Dublin visit which has significant EU safety role

Worldwide web founder Tim Berners-Lee. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters

Have we reached a tipping point towards a better internet?

Karlin Lillington
November 8, 2018, 05:00

Tim Berners-Lee may feel he created a monster, but there are grounds for optimism

Can AI help us to achieve our dreams of a better work-life balance?

Dublin event to ask whether AI is eroding our civil liberties

Elaine Edwards
November 7, 2018, 09:24

ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin hosting public ‘think-in’ for Science Week

Noppera-Bo Technologies has developed a product that uses advanced machine learning to simplify the process of redacting identifiable information from CCTV or other video sources

Irish consortium selected for ‘smart cities’ project in Sweden

Elaine Edwards
October 31, 2018, 11:48

Video-redaction software developed by Noppera-Bo Technologies designed to help GDPR compliance

Cathay Pacific said that it first detected “suspicious activity” in March. Photograph: Reuters

Cathay Pacific hit by data breach affecting up to 9.4m passengers

October 24, 2018, 16:49

Leak includes passport numbers, contact details and travel histories

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