Right now we are stuck between the rock of American tech and a European hard place. Ireland’s best option is to promote a vision for a less bureaucratic, streamlined, European single market
Cellebrite device is also widely used by Israeli military
Charity accuses Tusla of giving sensitive information to alleged abuser, saying data rules are ‘unsafe’
Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show
VW Ireland boss says ‘more conversation is needed’ around the gathering of data both technical and personal following German data breach
Much of the data on your phone is more valuable than the device itself should it get stolen
Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers
Election counts are an amateur production put on for the benefit and enjoyment of the actors rather than the audience
Report for Minister of Health recommends introduction of contract templates, key performance indicators and a unified costing framework
UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product
Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems
Business leaders are the most important stakeholder in driving change and creating a culture of innovation where employees can successfully create and adapt to evolving technologies
Social network agreed to ‘suspend its processing of the personal data’, Data Protection Commission says
Former chief executive of media group described outcome of lengthy inquiry that yielded a 868-page report at a cost of almost €6 million as ‘weird’
Court’s earlier ruling on phone metadata admissibility issues was a significant blow to Dwyer
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We have yet to be given clear reasons why we need facial recognition technology even though a Bill relating to it is meandering through our political process
Step intended to combat child sexual abuse online has been widely condemned as ineffective and in breach of fundamental rights
Dwyer made similar, not identical, arguments in appeal against murder conviction
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Firefighters ‘shocked’ to learn dashcams had audio-recording capability
Watered down legislation still puts Europe ahead on regulating AI but enforcement could be held back by technological gaps
Personal details of more than 2,000 customers revealed to other clients of online insurance broker
Full names and vaccination status were available to unauthorised users, according to security researcher who discovered the issue
Current technology won’t accomplish Coimisiún na Meán’s ‘gold standard’ proposals to verify users accessing inappropriate internet content
Talks planned weeks before company fined €345m in September for breaches of European data law
Gabriel Makhlouf says key industry and data privacy concerns will be addressed before any digital currency launch
Anu Talus, the Finnish chair of the European Data Protection Board, the central body of national regulators overseeing EU data privacy laws, defends opposition to Irish watchdog’s fines
Karlin Lillington: Data breach at 23andMe highlights need for regulation as genetic background and other information hacked and offered for sale
Tech group plans a $14 monthly subscription fee for access via mobile
We have EU-wide responsibilities that are enormous in scale and consequence
Naas-based Sgt Thomas Bowe (51) and Niall Sheehy (58), from Stradbally, face 21 and 10 charges respectively
Project Clover migration to ringfence personal information
You cannot have rejuvenated policing with broken politics and an unanswered past, with MI5 still part of the present, and only lukewarm support from inside the republican community
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