Closing in on the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on 22 May 2023 that it had fined ...

ONE of Europe’s most infamous laws is for the chop. GDPR is on an EU hit list in a bid to make doing business easier, and Irish Commissioner Michael McGrath is leading the charge. The European ...

Three quarters of the Irish data watchdog’s GDPR decisions in EU-wide cases were overruled by European regulators, a report has found. The report indicates that 75% of the Data Protection Commission’s ...

General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is coming. Here's what it means, how it'll impact individuals and businesses. Read now Regulators in Ireland have proposed up to $42 million in fines for ...

The DPC has also ordered Meta to bring its data processing operations into GDPR compliance within three months. Ireland’s data watchdog has fined Meta a total of €390m for its targeted advertising ...

In a statement to investors, Microsoft vowed to dispute the draft decision and fine by the Irish DPC and ‘defend itself vigorously’ in case it becomes a final decision. Microsoft has told investors ...

The Irish data protection regulator has unveiled a progress report on GDPR on the first anniversary of the rules, perhaps defending itself from a perception of inaction. As Europe’s lead regulator for ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the cornerstone legislation for data protection and data privacy in the EU, but remains plagued with some significant problems. And the majority aren’t ...

Some schools in Ireland have been banning photographs at communion, citing GDPR. The Irish Data Protection Commission clarified in a guidance titled “Taking Photos at School Events: Where Common Sense ...

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission today released its annual report, which disclosed that it has launched 21 investigations for GDPR violations, including eight involving Facebook. The 2019 DPC ...