Johnny Ryan

Belgian data protection authority close to ruling on the tracking consent device

Report says Irish data protection watchdog failing to take action against US tech giants

Organisation takes on online advertising industry in German courts under GDPR

Commission has a poor understanding of the GDPR, critics tell an Oireachtas committee

Call for reform of Data Protection Commission which is ‘bottleneck’ of GDPR inquiries

Proposed Act would introduce a licensing requirement for trading in such data

Austrian privacy campaigner says approach is ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’

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

UK lacks effective authority to enforce compliance with data protection law, ICCL says

Tech giant’s threat to walk away from European market is a ridiculous tantrum

Real-time bidding system represents ‘vast, systematic data breach’, Johnny Ryan argues

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

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

Complaint filed over failure of EU member states to properly resource regulators

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

With the right tools you can continue to use your favourite sites without being surveilled

Key information on users will not be visible when bidding for ads due to privacy concerns

Last month’s $170 million fine was a paltry sum for a company the size of Google

Evidence submitted to Irish regulator accuses tech giant of ‘exploiting personal data’

But the recordings aren’t used to serve you ads. The industry has better ways of doing that

Regulator to examine suspected infringement in personalised online adverts

Submission to data protection body relates to ‘cookie wall’ that blocks users from IAB Europe site unless they give permissions