Comment James McDermott: Long-winded court judgments make issues less clear and cost more moneyCourts are increasingly issuing lengthier rulings in cases, which undermine their effectiveness
Tech Data Protection Commission ‘hugely frustrated’ at EU regulator over Meta demandsData Protection Commission characterises curbs on Meta as ‘hugely frustrating’
Legal Meta argues against privacy activist Max Schrems being joined to €1.2bn data caseLawyers for the privacy activist said that he was the genesis of the legal proceedings
Data Data watchdog’s Central Bank probe could impact bosses’ future career plansBank’s own fitness and probity rules require senior officials to disclose details of regulatory investigations if they are taking on top roles in financial services
Big Read Dixon’s dilemma: Irish data watchdog faces big call over Meta’s subscription planThe Data Protection Commission is in the spotlight as Meta proposes new subscription ‘options’ to comply with data consent aspects of GDPR
Tech Meta needs go-ahead from Irish data regulator on plans to charge for Facebook and InstagramData Protection Commissioner faces major call on on whether Facebook-owner’s subscription model complies with GDPR
Legal Data Protection Commission’s deferral of privacy campaigner’s Google complaint justified, court rulesJudge says Johnny Ryan of the ICCL’s case contending the deferral of his complaint into Google’s targeted advertising was ‘too extreme’
Tech Google’s Bard to be launched in EU after Irish data watchdog grants approvalThe ChatGPT competitor had its EU launch delayed by the Data Protection Commissioner last month over privacy concerns
technology Data Protection Commission: ‘We are not blocking Instagram’s Threads’Twitter rival is expected to launch on Thursday but expectation is that it will not be available in Europe
Data Protection Data breach at Public Appointments Service involving 15,000 peopleInformation relating to the candidates was shared with all of them erroneously according to an email sent by the body
Artificial Intelligence EU launch of Google’s AI tool delayed by Irish regulatorData Protection Commission has blocked the tech giant’s plans to launch its AI platform in the EU launch this week, citing GDPR concerns
Companies Meta lobbies Taoiseach and Tánaiste over EU ban on data transfersThe owner of Facebook has asked Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin and Simon Coveney for support in bid to help prevent a EU ban on it sending users’ information to the United States
Big Tech Lucinda Creighton: Meta’s €1.2bn fine is wholly appropriate, and not before timeThe tech giant has promised over and over to do the right thing each time it is caught out misusing private data, but it never truly changes
Data DPC moves on ChatGPT after software banned by Italian privacy watchdogCommission says it will coordinate with other European data protection authorities as concerns grow over the amount of data that services like ChatGPT consume from users around the world
Tech EU plans major new law on GDPR enforcement amid criticism of Irish privacy watchdogNew law proposed by the European Commission could have significant implications for Ireland’s Data Protection Commission – as well as the Big Tech companies that have their European headquarters here
Legal Stalking case leads Bank of Ireland to tighten access to customer dataA woman launched High Court proceedings against the bank after her estranged father had been able to use ATM information to locate her in Spain and England
Data WhatsApp to appeal after being penalised by Irish regulator over collection of users’ informationThe messaging app has already taken legal action on a previous €225m fine from 2021, and is planning to appeal a new €5.5m penalty
Data Data Protection Commission fines WhatsApp €5.5m for privacy breaches after another dispute with EU regulatorsThe Irish watchdog has served Meta’s platform with a comparatively small penalty because it has previously fined it €225m for similar issues
Data Data Protection Commission and Meta emerge bruised from EU privacy punch-upThe 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
Companies Irish Data Protection Commission contacts Twitter after hackers reportedly leak 235m email addressesRegulator 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