Light touch regulation did not work with banks and won’t work for video sharing platforms like TikTok
Coimisiún na Meán’s online safety code for video-sharing platforms contains echoes of the 2008 banking crisis
Data Protection Commission
Consumer watchdog lacks teeth to take on law-breaking businesses, says chairman
Data protection watchdog issued €310m fine this week, but Tesco punishment for failing was €1,000 to charity, says CCPC chair
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn fined €310m by Irish Data Protection Commission
Penalty relates to social media platform’s processing of its members’ data for targeted advertising
DPC sought more funding amid staffing battle
Regulator warns Government managing AI issues becoming more demanding
Ryanair’s use of facial recognition technology investigated by data regulator
The inquiry centres on use of biometric data for bookings made through third party sites
Facebook owner Meta fined €91m by Irish Data Protection Commission
Social media group inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users in ‘plaintext’ on its internal systems
CCTV to be used to catch Dublin’s dumpers - but only if they have cars
New legislation will not allow Dublin City Council to pursue walkers who dump in the street
Data privacy watchdog launches investigation into Google Ireland over AI model
Data Protection Commission to examine if tech giant assessed whether processing of EU citizens’ personal data complied with privacy laws
High Court dispute between X and data regulator is resolved
Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems
Credit cards at risk: What should I do if affected by Fota Wildlife Park cyberattack?
While cyberattacks are all too common, it is quite unusual for customers of any company to be told they need to cancel their credit or debit cards
WhatsApp Ireland swings to loss as company sets aside more money to deal with fines
Irish entity lost €8.2m after tax last year, down from profits of more than €41m in 2022
X stopped using EU user data to train its AI tool, DPC says
Social network agreed to ‘suspend its processing of the personal data’, Data Protection Commission says
Irish watchdog takes court action against Twitter over AI user data concerns
Data Protection Commission focuses on company’s use of user data to train its Grok enhanced search tool
After 868 pages and €5.67 million, the reason 19 names were searched in INM data breach remains a mystery
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’
Ms Justice Caroline Costello nominated for appointment as president of the Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal presidency is second most senior judicial position in the State
RTÉ told it has no legal power to publish outside earnings of TV and radio presenters
Proposal to release ‘details of approved activities’ central to transparency drive after storm of controversy concerning lax governance
Facial recognition: We’re tilting alarmingly towards normalising sneakier mass surveillance
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
GDPR isn’t the problem, Big Tech and governments are the issue
Too many vested interests have undermined the effectiveness of the EU’s key data protection law
TikTokkers find death records in former psychiatric hospital in Westmeath
Discovery follows launches of data breach investigations concerning a former psychiatric hospital in Donegal and a hospital in Dublin
Meta pauses AI plans for Europe after Irish regulator request
Without use of local data planned product would be ‘second-rate experience’, says Facebook owner
Meta wants to use your Facebook and Instagram data to train AI – here’s how to stop it
Follow these steps if you want to object to your data and posts being used
Wicklow County Council refers itself to data watchdog after dashcams recorded firefighters for years
Explanation of dashcams that captured conversations for more than three years ‘raises pretty serious questions’, according to TD
TikTok video revealing access to medical records spurs inquiry into HSE data breaches
Incident in Dublin was livestreamed online, while Letterkenny incident involved TikTok video showing people going through boxes of historical medical files
X executive collars Irish data protection commissioners for chat in Madrid
Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions
Plan for Garda truck to catch distracted drivers must be supported by ‘legal safeguards’
‘Supercab’ scheme based on system operated by UK police since 2015 receives mixed reception from road safety campaigners
High Court delays Meta €265m fine challenge until EU court decision
Length of adjournment in Data Protection Commission case likely to be short, court says
Quote Devil admits sending policy documents to wrong customers
Personal details of more than 2,000 customers revealed to other clients of online insurance broker
HSE glitch: Full names and vaccination status among data of up to 1 million people at risk
Full names and vaccination status were available to unauthorised users, according to security researcher who discovered the issue
Apple’s €1.8bn EU fine may be just the start of reining in Big Tech
While other firms have been caught in the bloc’s regulatory crosshairs, the iPhone maker had broadly escaped until now
Coimisiún na Meán has its work cut out with new EU Digital Services Act
Ireland has an opportunity to be the Digital Services Act’s model regulator. But some chances have already been squandered
Two new data protection commissioners appointed
Dr Des Hogan will take up his role as a commissioner next week and he will also serve as the organisation’s chairman for three years.
Garda chief to warn of ‘unfeasible’ digital workload with 22,000 hours of Dublin riots footage
Risks of bringing in facial recognition technology for policing ‘too high’, civil liberties groups to tell politicians
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