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Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has defended its stance and the pace of its investigations into breaches by social media giants. Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are “becoming old news”. Ireland’s ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:24

Irish data watchdog fines Meta Ireland 390m euro

National News

Irish data watchdog to seek order to annul ‘problematic’ EU authority direction

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company Meta Ireland 390 million euro as a row erupted over whether further investigation of the use of people’s data is warranted. Meta Ireland was fined 210 million euro for breaches of ...

04 Jan 2023 at 16:37

National News

WhatsApp challenges €225 million fine by Ireland’s data protection watchdog

WhatsApp has issued legal proceedings challenging the €225m fine it was hit with by Ireland’s data watchdog for breaching privacy regulations. The penalty, which was announced earlier this month, was the largest ever handed down by the ...

16 Sept 2021 at 17:15

Local News

Huge fine slapped on Whatsapp by data protection watchdog

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed its largest ever fine on the popular messaging service, WhatsApp Ireland, to the tune of €225m. The DPC, which acts as the lead supervisory authority for WhatsApp across Europe, ...

03 Sept 2021 at 11:00

National News

75% of Irish data watchdog’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled – report

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 decisions in ...

15 May 2023 at 10:03

National News

WhatsApp fined €5.5m by Ireland’s data watchdog

WhatsApp has been hit with a €5.5 million fine by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) rules. The penalty was described as “administrative” and ...

19 Jan 2023 at 15:20

Local News

Longford entrepreneurs & start-ups encouraged to plan for short & long-term

“The decisions made at the very start of the life of a business can impact every aspect of its future. We cannot stress enough the importance of getting the right advice at an early stage,” said Teri Kelly, ...

24 Feb 2020 at 10:00

Business

GDPR focus of annual employment law event

More than 100 business owners and HR professionals attended the annual Employment Law Event hosted by Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group. The event, which was held on Wednesday, January 24 ...

28 Jan 2018 at 18:38

National News

Meta fined 91m euro over password breach

Facebook parent company Meta has been fined 91 million euro by the Data Protection Commission. It follows an investigation into Meta inadvertently storing certain user passwords in plaintext on its ...

27 Sept 2024 at 12:49

National News

Data watchdog examines Ryanair’s verification process for certain customers

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened an inquiry into Ryanair’s processing of personal data as part of the verification procedure for customers who book flights on third party websites ...

04 Oct 2024 at 16:03

National News

LinkedIn fined 310 million euros by Data Protection Commission

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined networking site LinkedIn 310 million euros and ordered it to bring its data processing into compliance with EU law following a probe into how it deals with ...

24 Oct 2024 at 14:40

National News

MEP deported from Israel raises data privacy concerns with Irish EU Commissioner

An Irish MEP who was refused entry to Israel and the West Bank has written to Ireland’s EU Commissioner to express “serious questions” about a data privacy arrangement with Israel. Dublin ...

26 Feb 2025 at 12:32

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