The Irish Times

Google joined as notice party in High Court action over personal data

ICCL’s Johnny Ryan suing data watchdog over delay in handling his complaint

Tue May 17 2022 - 20:30

Irish internet users’ data being shared 392 times a day, ICCL says

Retail-time bidding is ‘the largest data breach ever’, says civil liberties group

Mon May 16 2022 - 05:15

The Irish Times view on the Data Protection Commission: the case for strong regulation

No other agency of the State carries the kind of responsibility the Data Protection Commission has in its role overseeing EU-wide activities of tech multinationals

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 00:05

Taoiseach defends Irish data protection commissioner in Germany

Martin doesn’t ‘readily agree’ with many criticisms of Helen Dixon’s record

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 20:08

Emily O’Reilly opens inquiry into European Commission policing of GDPR in Ireland

EU ombudsman acts after complaint from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 15:32

Online advertising group fined for tool that violated EU privacy law

IAB Europe told to put in place a series of remedies

Wed Feb 02 2022 - 20:45

DPC draft decision on Facebook would end right to privacy, Norway claims

Norwegian authority says ruling would make data protection law ‘pointless’

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 17:04

Irish inquiries into big tech too slow, campaigner complains to EU ombudsman

ICCL senior fellow says European Commission needs to act over pace of investigations

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 20:00

Time to say goodbye to ‘I consent’ cookie pop-ups?

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

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 19:22

Ireland is ‘worst bottleneck’ for enforcing EU data privacy law – ICCL

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

Mon Sept 13 2021 - 10:36

Irish Council for Civil Liberties files privacy lawsuit over online ads

Organisation takes on online advertising industry in German courts under GDPR

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 08:33

DPC rejects criticism of its regulation of big tech companies

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

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 20:07

Ireland’s data regulator failing to rein in tech giants, committee to hear

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

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 05:55

US Senate to debate limiting foreign states’ access to citizens’ data

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

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 18:07

Irish approach to data protection ‘Kafkaesque’, says Schrems

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

Fri Apr 09 2021 - 17:31

EU legislation is coming that could greatly improve the web

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

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 05:00

Civil rights group urges EU to limit UK data moves after Brexit

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

Mon Oct 12 2020 - 08:00

Will Facebook walk away from European market after data protection 'hissy fit'?

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

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 05:00

Data privacy advocate submits further evidence in Google ads inquiry

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

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 05:00

EU needs to start enforcing data protection laws properly

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

Thu Jul 30 2020 - 05:00

Privacy advocates’ complaints overwhelm data protection office

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

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 16:49

GDPR at risk of failing due to underfunding of regulators, study finds

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

Mon Apr 27 2020 - 13:23

Google accused by rival of fundamental GDPR breaches

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

Mon Mar 16 2020 - 08:26

Make reclaiming your online privacy a priority in 2020

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

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 04:45

Advertisers warn new data rules will give Google more power

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

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 15:05

Google’s children’s internet safety grant a bad joke

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

Thu Sept 26 2019 - 05:30

Google accused of secretly feeding personal data to advertisers

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

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 13:24

Has your phone secretly recorded your conversations? Mine has

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

Sat May 25 2019 - 06:00

Data Protection Commission opens first investigation into Google

Regulator to examine suspected infringement in personalised online adverts

Wed May 22 2019 - 18:04

Complaint lodged over ‘online barrier’ to advertising lobbyist’s website

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

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 10:33

Data from HSE website users ‘leaked to commercial actors’

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

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 19:09

Online ad industry rejects complaints of targeting users

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

Wed Jan 30 2019 - 14:49

New documents back complaints about online advertising

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

Mon Jan 28 2019 - 01:00

Education v entrepreneurship: How universities can strike a balance

Re:publica digital conference hears universities should not just focus on the bottom line

Fri Sept 08 2017 - 17:38