Data Protection Regulation
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Facebook’s three-cup trick with WhatsApp data move
- Technology
- January 14, 2021, 05:00
Public concern about online privacy has grown alongside the evidence that many technology companies and platforms require the large-scale surrender of(...)

Big tech will be sweating over prospect of worker unionisation
- Technology
- January 7, 2021, 05:00
If I had to pick the most far-reaching and significant threat facing big technology companies in the future, I would not make an obvious choice. (...)

Covidius horribilis: Business winners and losers of 2020
- Economy
- December 28, 2020, 05:43
How do you weigh up the annus covidius horribilis of 2020 in words that don’t have to be asterisked? It was a year when a virus inflicted a brutal en(...)

Twitter’s modest fine for data breach highlights watchdog’s weaknesses
- Technology
- December 17, 2020, 05:00
Finally, we’ve arrived at the end of a long tech regulatory limbo, awaiting a first decision that might indicate how the Irish Data Protection Commiss(...)

Twitter fined €450,000 by data watchdog for GDPR breach
- Technology
- December 15, 2020, 10:15
Twitter has been fined €450,000 by the Data Protection Commission for a data breach, marking the first time the regulator has penalised a big tech com(...)

EU legislation is coming that could greatly improve the web
- Technology
- December 10, 2020, 05:00
Softly, softly, a set of proposed European Acts have crept on to the winter horizon with little fanfare – until recent weeks, when the pending draft p(...)

Net Results: Dangerous call for ‘back doors’ to encryption
- Technology
- November 12, 2020, 05:00
Loony notions about encryption are back on the discussion table in the EU (and Ireland). This does not bode well for any of us. Encryption is t(...)

No obstacle to publication of Mother and Baby Homes report, says Taoiseach
- Irish News
- October 30, 2020, 19:09
There are no “obstacles or barriers” anticipated to publication of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, which was hand(...)

Brexit to curb services trade with UK, accountants group warns
- Retail & Services
- October 27, 2020, 04:00
Brexit will hit trade in services between the Republic and UK irrespective of the outcome of current talks, according to all-island professional body (...)

Data Protection Commission to receive €2 million extra funding
- Economy
- October 13, 2020, 19:25
The Data Protection Commissioner is getting more than €2 million extra next year, giving the digital privacy watchdog a tenfold increase in funding si(...)