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Data

Politics

Coveney contacted TikTok over data security after European Commission ban

The Minister for Enterprise spoke to the company about its data protection practices after it insisted it would never share users’ data with the Chinese state
  • Donal MacNamee
  • March 9, 2023
Tech

TikTok contacting Irish politicians in plan to reassure Europeans over data security

The Chinese-owned social media app is attempting to convince authorities it would never share users’ data with the Chinese government
  • Donal MacNamee
  • March 8, 2023
Telecoms

New GoMo app to eliminate roaming fees for Irish tourists outside the EU

The service will offer data bundles in 160 countries, including the US, Canada and Australia
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • February 2, 2023
Tech

European Commission to seek regular updates from data watchdogs on Big Tech investigations

Irish Data Protection Commission has already been providing bimonthly updates to the European Commission since 2021
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 31, 2023
Data

Data Protection Commission fines WhatsApp €5.5m for privacy breaches after another dispute with EU regulators

The Irish watchdog has served Meta’s platform with a comparatively small penalty because it has previously fined it €225m for similar issues
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 19, 2023
Data

Data Protection Commission and Meta emerge bruised from EU privacy punch-up

The Irish regulator fined Instagram and Facebook a combined €390 million for breaches of the GDPR in its use of personal data for advertising – but only after it was effectively forced to by other European data agencies
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 7, 2023
Companies

Irish Data Protection Commission contacts Twitter after hackers reportedly leak 235m email addresses

Regulator said it had not established whether the apparent new leak would form part of an investigation it launched into an earlier batch of Twitter leaks last December
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 6, 2023
Tech

DPC set for fresh dispute with EU counterparts as it seeks order blocking new Meta inquiry

The Data Protection Commission has been told to increase its fines on Facebook and Instagram, and launch a new investigation
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 4, 2023
Data

Irish data watchdog increases fines on Meta to €390m after EU regulator rejects draft decision

Watchdog increased the penalties, which bring the total amount levied against the company to over €1bn, following a dispute with other EU regulators over the Facebook owner’s processing of users’ personal data
  • Charlie Taylorand
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 4, 2023
Data

Tusla broke public spending code with €400,000 contract

Child and family agency paid a privacy company to deal with data subject access requests related to data breaches arising from the HSE ransomware attack and the publication of the mother and baby home report
  • Donal MacNamee
  • November 10, 2022
Connected

Knowledge is power: data analytics has become the key skill to have

Where there’s data there are people analysing it. Fiona Alston takes a look at the demands of having some data analyst experience in your skills arsenal
  • Fiona Alston
  • August 27, 2022
Data

Fáilte Ireland plans to use mobile data to gather information on tourists’ movements

Tourism agency also wants to gather statistics on the Irish people leaving to holiday abroad through ‘strictly’ anonymised phone data
  • Donal MacNamee
  • August 16, 2022
Technology

Civil servants told not to have work conversations with smart speakers in the room

IT policy for public servants says to avoid having meetings in the same room as Alexa or Google Home due to concerns they may record what is said and pass the information onto their parent companies
  • Donal MacNamee
  • August 13, 2022

Varadkar told Facebook that Ireland was ‘working hard’ to retain control of EU tech regulation

Tánaiste assured Facebook that Ireland wanted to stay at the forefront of regulating tech firms – something the company said was a ‘vital’ issue
  • Donal MacNameeand
  • Cónal Thomas
  • December 23, 2021

DPC says Schrems must clarify plans for Facebook complaint documents as matter of ‘urgency’

Solicitor’s letter issued to Schrems relates to an ongoing dispute over a privacy complaint against Facebook relating to GDPR
  • Donal MacNamee
  • November 25, 2021

John Walsh: Sovereignty is not the best policy in regulating tech giants

No single member state has the capacity to deal with these Goliaths: we need the clout of an EU-wide agency
  • John Walsh
  • November 7, 2021

Deep tech in transition

Core banking technologies are being updated with new methodologies that bring out existing strengths
  • Jason Walsh
  • October 24, 2021

Budget 2022 visualised: How your money will be spent

Health and social protection continues to dominate, while transport spend is reduced
  • Rachel Lavin
  • October 13, 2021

Mobile business: The science of where we are

Geographic data is helping retailers think their way through the pandemic
  • Eva Short
  • June 27, 2021

CRM: Is data driving your business?

A good customer relationship management system can help make a company’s decisions much more data-driven, but only if it’s at the heart of the business
  • Alex Meehan
  • June 27, 2021

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