Helen Dixon is about to depart her role as privacy watchdog to take up a new position in ComReg

Dixon is entering the final year of her second term at helm of Europe’s most important privacy regulator

Date issue: Affected customers who may have experienced fraudulent activity have been asked to contact Electric Ireland directly

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

Data Protection Commissioner imposes €345m fine on Chinese-owned company for privacy breaches

Data Protection Commissioner’s case highlights ‘risks’ to Chinese-owned tech giant’s young users

Publisher accuses Leslie Buckley of placing his ‘personal interests ahead of the interests of the company of which he was chairman to its substantial detriment’

Data privacy campaigner concerned law permits Minister to get ‘mass surveillance’ orders after private court hearing

Complainants to Commission could face €5,000 fine for disclosing ‘confidential’ information to media or other third parties

Group complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPR

Data Protection Commissioner initially planned not to fine Meta for data breaches but fines are arguably the most dissuasive tool in the GDPR toolkit

Data Protection Commission appears to interpret its mandate in a way that is sympathetic to the companies it regulates

With fewer than 30 fines handed out, Ireland doesn’t even crack the top 10, but advocates say the laws have had positive effects

Case centres on Facebook’s transfers of personal data to the US in defiance of EU law

As with previous penalties, the Facebook owner has claimed unfair treatment and resolved to appeal

Social media giant’s attempts to work around previous court rulings on data transfers and privacy are seen to have fallen short

Irish regulator to issue final ruling on US data transfers concerning Meta by May 12th

Meta alleges the decision was reached in breach of various articles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU

App banned in UK on devices used by government employees due to privacy concerns over company’s links with Chinese state

Watchdog told redress board the way it retained and processed some files was in breach of data-protection legislation, departmental briefing notes show