Data Protection Commission
Explainer: Why it may take years for Google to pay its latest Irish fine
Data Protection Commission has levied about €4.5bn in fines on companies overall, yet barely €20m has been paid so far
Google fine of more than €400m a win for data protection watchdogs
Decison to penalise tech giant related to complaints made as far back as 2018
Irish data protection watchdog fines Google €403m over GDPR breaches
Users may have been ‘unaware’ that location data was being used to ‘influence them with ads’
The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong
DPC ordered the HSE to audit stored records and ‘safely destroy any containing personal data that are no longer needed’. But these records have immense value
Hundreds who survived sex abuse in Irish schools invited to share experiences
Survivors will have to share their name and contact details as well as the name of their former school
Will Ireland continue to take TikTok’s money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will
We are living off the immoral earnings generated by deliberately addictive and toxic content aimed at children
‘There is a reckoning coming’: Landmark US case could see Meta forced to redesign their product
Potentially seismic lawsuit draws comparisons to 1990s pursuit of tobacco industry
Garda bosses want public’s view on the force using live CCTV run by third parties
Widespread use of security cameras could help fight crime, but there could be human rights concerns
DPC spends €615,000 warning parents about sharing their children’s details online
Internal business case says ‘sharenting’ could allow photos of children to be misused, including through artificial intelligence
Lorcan Murphy’s use of ‘spy pen’ to record women in Dublin part of ‘path to future crime’
The Dubliner was jailed this month for murdering US nurse Mackenzie Michalski in Hungary
New public services digital wallet has security and privacy issues, say campaigners
Government app criticised for ‘weak’ security and ‘opaque’ governance and reliance on MyGovID for verification
Government should not chair EU debates on tech policy, academics say
Open letter criticises State’s ‘questionable track record’ on digital policy and corporate tax
‘Sharenting’ is riskier than ever but that probably won’t stop us
Embarrassment is just one risk when you share images of your children online in an AI-enabled world
Data Protection Commission reconsidering TikTok data-transfer ban after court ruling
Regulator found Chinese tech giant had breached EU privacy rules
Thousands of vulnerable children’s records ‘may be destroyed’ in coming weeks
Concerns mounting for contents that could include children’s letters, poems or accounts of personal events
Meta loses High Court challenge to possible €430m fine
Data Protection Commission has power in inquiry into individual complaint to make orders affecting general data access practices, High Court rules
Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach
Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed
Whistleblower initiates legal action against Tusla, says WRC agreement is void
Ciarán Kenneally case ‘points to a troubling pattern’ with protected disclosures, says solicitor
Supreme Court finds for TikTok in dispute with Data Protection Commission
Social media platform fighting €530m fine over breach of GDPR regulations
Hundreds of DPC complaints still unresolved
Figures also show a sharp rise in the number of complaints lodged last year
TikTok challenge to DPC privacy breach finding opens before High Court
Regulator also imposed fine of €530 million on the company
Changes to make online world safer have ‘not been sufficient’, Oireachtas AI committee hears
Issues stemming from controversy related to use of AI tool Grok to generate sexualised images examined
‘As a parent, I’m terrified of AI’: Have we reached the end of the ‘sharenting’ era?
Sharing images of your kids online used to be no big deal, but times have changed and parents are changing their ways
Denis O’Brien fails in High Court appeal against DPC dismissal of Red Flag complaint
Judge says she is inclined to make an order against O’Brien to pay costs of the DPC and Red Flag but allows a month for arguments over costs
TikTok can redact information from confidential documents in appeal against €530m DPC fine
Redactions are for commercially, technically and financially sensitive information in some 6,000 pages of documentation, barrister says
More councils boycott X over Grok AI sexual images controversy
Thirteen local authorities cease using site or are reviewing use after non-consensual sexual images created by AI tool
How Ireland’s regulators are taking action against Big Tech
Data Protection Commission has imposed billions in fines in recent years, but has collected only a fraction so far
Data Protection Commission investigates X over ‘nudification’ of images via Grok
Regulator said its investigation will focus on whether Elon Musk-owned company has breached GDPR rules
WhatsApp wins right to challenge €225m Irish privacy fine
ECJ overturns decision of lower court in legal victory for Meta-owned messaging app
Sue, sue, sue: How Big Tech is taking on the regulators
X has lodged seven legal challenges against Coimisiún na Meán, while Elon Musk has separately initiated proceedings
Tusla whistleblower claims put forward to Public Accounts Committee for examination
Internal review in 2018 raised financial management issues at child and family agency facility in Cork
Technology watchdogs warn Government they are under-resourced in face of growing workload
Budget strain ‘undermines State’s crucial role’ enforcing EU tech and data regulations
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