Data Protection Regulation

Lawyers tell TDs and Senators that Birth Information Bill ‘not legal’ under GDPR

The architect of the EU law believes a centralised regulator with real teeth is required

Term ‘birth mother’ to be dropped from legislation on adoption, says O’Gorman

Move could further hamper UK economy given importance of UK/EU data flows

New online tools for voice transcription rewrite the rules

Oireachtas Justice Committee calls for DPC to be tougher and more transparent

Karlin Lillington: US protection of privacy and data more at state than federal level

Seen & Heard: TikTok’s Dublin campus, Facebook’s first refusal, and a data protection stand-off

Analysis: No multinational anywhere in the EU will be happy with the ECJ’s ruling

Polling firms express concern about how they are seen by the public after revelations about parties

Green Party says activists may have pretended to be market researchers in ‘isolated incidents’

Net Results: US security laws lax on surveillance and data gathering

Karlin Lillington: The data protection legislation remains groundbreaking despite issues

Ransomware attack has been increasingly likely since start of pandemic

Privacy regulator says data breach notifications rose 10 per cent to 6,628 last year

Roderic O’Gorman says commission of investigation told him ‘ tapes are not retrievable’

Deletion of files from mother and baby home interviews causes blacklash among survivors

IT systems at Data Protection Commission ill-equipped for GDPR demands, activists say

Regulators should block integration of Facebook’s three platforms pending decision on antitrust action

Karlin Lillington: Is an in-house union for Google the start of a wider rebalancing of power?

Coronavirus meant the end for many firms, while others adapted and prospered

Net Results: EU regulators considering other mechanisms to route around Irish DPC

Social media firm is first big tech company to be penalised under EU’s GDPR rules

The eradication of surveillance capitalism across Europe would be a great leap forward

EU set for data access exposing everyone to pernicious risk of information breaches

Report from commission received by Minister for Children on Friday

EU-UK talks’ focus is goods, Chartered Accountants Ireland says

Budget 2021: Digital privacy watchdog has had ten-fold increase in funding since 2014

Unrestrained mass surveillance of phone and internet data is unlawful

Research finds most defined-contribution schemes not ready for auto-enrolment

Students are legally entitled to obtain data by making ‘subject access requests’

Consent issue in Beaumont brain tissue study highlights need for national genomics programme

Schrems ruling: Subset of smaller groups in adtech industry may also be affected

Karlin Lillington: ECJ ruling has essentially invalidated business model of digital giants

Karlin Lillington: ECJ highly unlikely to accept US claim of adequate protection of data

Catering to the children’s market has provided lucrative business opportunities for these entrepreneurs

Official report on data protection regulation notes burden on smaller companies

Net Results: There is a lack of transparency over consent for usage of brain tissue DNA

Only two years in, landmark EU regulation on data protection needs rebuilding to deliver on objectives

Decision could pave the way for first fines against ‘big tech’ firm by Irish watchdog