'Significant' amount of money pending after Meta fines The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) yesterday fined Facebook and Instagram a total of €390m after the conclusion of two inquiries into the platforms' parent … Business • 05 Jan
Ireland ranked second highest for GDPR fines - survey Nearly €1.1 billion in fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, a new survey shows today. Business • 18 Jan 22
WhatsApp challenges €225m fine by DPC The European arm of WhatsApp has launched a High Court challenge aimed at setting aside the Data Protection Commission's decision to impose sanctions on it … Business • 16 Sep 21
DPC probe over dept dossiers on children with autism The Data Protection Commissioner has begun a statutory inquiry into the handling of sensitive personal information by the Department of Health. Ireland • 30 Mar 21
Privacy concerns, technical doubts dull Covid app hopes A smartphone app that warns when a user has made contact with a Covid-19 sufferer was meant to help suppress the virus - but doubts … Business • 02 Jun 20
HSE's Covid-19 app to begin testing this week The HSE will begin testing its Covid-19 contact tracing app in the coming week, however it will be some time more before it is available … Health • 30 May 20
Three fined for sending unwanted marketing texts Three Ireland and a pizza chain have pleaded guilty to unlawfully sending customers unwanted marketing text messages. Business • 02 Mar 20
Data commission launches probes into Google, Tinder The Data Protection Commission has launched two separate statutory inquiries, into search firm Google and dating app Tinder. Business • 04 Feb 20
Man seeks damages after address given to investigator A damages claim by a man whose address was given to a private detective hired by solicitors acting for AIB bank by an official at … Courts • 19 Nov 19
Minister 'avoids scrutiny' over Public Services Card The Minister for Finance has been criticised by Sinn Féin for his decision not to attend the Oireachtas Finance Committee next week to discuss his … Business • 13 Sep 19
Commissioner to take action over Public Services Card The office of the Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed it will proceed with enforcement action against the State over its decision to defy a report … Politics • 05 Sep 19
Govt prepared to legally challenge findings on PSC Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty has said her department is prepared to challenge in the courts the findings by the Data … Ireland • 04 Sep 19
'Inappropriate' to modify Public Services Card - Govt The Government has said it would be "inappropriate and potentially unlawful" to withdraw or modify the Public Services Card, despite recent critical findings by the … Politics • 04 Sep 19
Rollout of PSC lacked 'coherence' - commissioner The Data Protection Commissioner has said there is no issue with the validity of Public Services Cards and they can still be used on a … Ireland • 16 Aug 19
Helen Dixon gets second term as Data Protection chief The Government has reappointed the head of its powerful Data Protection Commission, which regulates the European operations of global tech giants like Facebook and Google, … Business • 28 May 19
Surge in number of data breaches reported in 2018 The number of data breaches reported to the Data Protection Commission soared by 70% last year, as new data protection rules were introduced across Europe, … Ireland • 28 Feb 19
DPC launch statutory inquiry into Twitter GDPR breach The Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed it has opened a statutory inquiry into Twitter. Science and Technology • 25 Jan 19
37,000 Eir customers affected by data breach Personal details of 37,000 Eir customers have been affected by a data breach, the telecommunications company has said. Business • 22 Aug 18
INM blames ODCE for share price fall Independent News & Media has blamed the State's corporate watchdog for a fall in the company's share price since there has been an application to … News • 30 Apr 18
Facebook executive apologises over recent data scandal A senior Facebook executive has apologised at an Oireachtas Committee for the company's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Ireland • 18 Apr 18
Commissioner unable to discuss INM investigation The Data Protection Commissioner will not be able to answer questions about her probe into an alleged data breach at Independent News and Media when … Politics • 13 Apr 18
Commissioner to investigate alleged INM data breach The Data Protection Commissioner intends to investigate whether personal data was accessed in an alleged data breach at Independent News & Media. Business • 03 Apr 18
Criticism over Tusla's processing of personal data The Data Protection Commissioner has criticised Tusla's processing of personal data in an investigation initiated following the controversy about the agency's handling of an allegation … Ireland • 27 Feb 18
Complaints to Data Commissioner up 79% in 2017 The number of complaints made to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) rose by 79% last year. Ireland • 27 Feb 18
Data commissioner extends PSC project investigation An investigation by Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon into the Public Services Card project has been extended, an Oireachtas Committee has been told. Ireland • 22 Feb 18
