EU regulators wrangle over Twitter data privacy penalty
European Union privacy regulators are wrangling over the penalty Ireland’s data privacy watchdog was set to issue Twitter for a […]
Ireland
Data Commissioner assessing TikTok plans to establish data centre in Ireland
The popular short-video app plans to open its first European data centre in Ireland by 2022, following moves by other […]
Twitter notifies Irish DPC about hack
Social media company Twitter has officially informed Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) of a cyberattack involving high-profile accounts. The DPC […]
Irish Court of Appeal Clarifies Boundaries of Concept of Personal Data
The Irish Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the definition of personal data – noting that, while the […]
Irish regulator reaches preliminary decision in Twitter privacy probe
Twitter may be the first big technology firm to face a fine by the EU’s lead regulator under the region’s […]
EU privacy regulators investigate Apple’s handling of Siri snippets again
Apple is facing fresh questions from its lead data protection regulator in Europe following a public complaint by a former […]
HSE will no longer tell employers workers’ test results
The Health Service Executive has said it is to suspend the practice of informing employers of Covid-19 test results and […]
GDPR enforcement held back by lack of resources
Enforcement of EU data privacy rules is being stifled by a lack of resources across national authorities, according to a […]
Schrems calls on EU authorities to get Irish watchdog to speed up
Privacy activist Max Schrems has called on the European authorities to push the Irish regulator to speed up its handling […]
Twitter and WhatsApp could face EU data privacy sanctions
Twitter and Facebook’s WhatsApp are in the firing line as Europe’s leading privacy watchdog for US tech giants edges closer […]
First GDPR fine issued in Ireland
Eilis McDonald & John Magee Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR […]
Irish data protection commissioner liaises with European colleagues over Zoom concerns
The Data Protection Commission (DPC), the Irish data supervisory authority headed up by Helen Dixon, has asked other data protection […]