Ireland’s Data Protection Commission to be expanded
The Government is to appoint two additional commissioners at the office of the Data Protection Commission (DPC). The current Commissioner Helen Dixon is to become Chairperson of the DPC.
The Data Protection Commission has seen a significant increase in its workload since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation. Because some of the world’s biggest tech firms have their European headquarters in Ireland, the DPC is frequently the lead investigator in cases involving social media companies such as Facebook parent Meta, Twitter and TikTok.
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