Data Protection Commission
75% of Irish data watchdog’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled – report
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties claims that Ireland remains a ‘bottleneck’ for GDPR enforcement.
By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA
WhatsApp fined 5.5m euro by Ireland’s data watchdog
The fine relates to transparency breaches of GDPR.
Irish data watchdog fines Meta Ireland 390m euro
A disagreement has also erupted between the regulator and that of the EU over whether further investigation is needed.
Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are ‘becoming old news’.
Facebook parent company hit by €17 million fine by Irish regulator
In a statement today, the DPC said that it had found that Meta had breached EU data protection rules.
By Dominic McGrath, PA
Data watchdog writes to Sinn Féin about Abú voter database
THE Republic's Data Protection Commission has written to Sinn Féin seeking more information about reports it has compiled a database containing details about millions of voters.