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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(...)

Civil rights group urges EU to limit UK data moves after Brexit
- Technology
- October 12, 2020, 08:00
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the European Commission urging it to limit transfers of data from the EU to the UK after B(...)

Will Facebook walk away from European market after data protection 'hissy fit'?
- Technology
- September 24, 2020, 05:00
Facebook’s official response to the Irish Data Protection Commission’s preliminary decision on the company’s data transfers to the United States may w(...)

Data privacy advocate submits further evidence in Google ads inquiry
- Technology
- September 21, 2020, 05:00
A data privacy advocate has submitted a dossier to the State’s Data Protection Commission outlining further examples of alleged data breaches by Googl(...)

EU needs to start enforcing data protection laws properly
- Technology
- July 30, 2020, 05:00
After the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down another major judgement two weeks ago in the “Schrems 2.0” data protection case, discussion has(...)

Privacy advocates’ complaints overwhelm data protection office
- Technology
- April 28, 2020, 16:49
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner says her office had been overwhelmed by complaints from data privacy advocates for sweeping, resource-intensive(...)

GDPR at risk of failing due to underfunding of regulators, study finds
- Technology
- April 27, 2020, 13:16
Digital privacy regulations introduced in Europe nearly two years ago are in danger of failing because regulators have not been properly resourced, a (...)

Google accused by rival of fundamental GDPR breaches
- Technology
- March 16, 2020, 08:26
Google is sharing users’ personal data between its services without acquiring specific consent to do so, thus flagrantly breaching fundamental princip(...)

Make reclaiming your online privacy a priority in 2020
- Technology
- January 16, 2020, 04:45
Let 2020 be the year you reclaim your online privacy. Stop third party advertisers dead in their tracks as they attempt to follow your every move onli(...)

Advertisers warn new data rules will give Google more power
- Technology
- November 14, 2019, 15:05
Google has announced a significant change to its online advertising business that it said would enhance user privacy but which advertisers warned woul(...)