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Data Protection Commission’s deferral of privacy campaigner’s Google complaint justified, court rules

Judge says Johnny Ryan of the ICCL’s case contending the deferral of his complaint into Google’s targeted advertising was ‘too extreme’

Google’s Bard to be launched in EU after Irish data watchdog grants approval

The ChatGPT competitor had its EU launch delayed by the Data Protection Commissioner last month over privacy concerns

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 people

Information 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 regulator

Data Protection Commission has blocked the tech giant’s plans to launch its AI platform in the EU launch this week, citing GDPR concerns

Meta lobbies Taoiseach and Tánaiste over EU ban on data transfers

The 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

Lucinda Creighton: Meta’s €1.2bn fine is wholly appropriate, and not before time

The 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

DPC moves on ChatGPT after software banned by Italian privacy watchdog

Commission 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

EU plans major new law on GDPR enforcement amid criticism of Irish privacy watchdog

New 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

Stalking case leads Bank of Ireland to tighten access to customer data

A 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

WhatsApp to appeal after being penalised by Irish regulator over collection of users’ information

The 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 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

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

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

The Big Interview

‘It’s really challenging to navigate this complex labyrinth of digital law’ – Anna Morgan

Head of privacy and data protection Ireland at Bird & Bird says businesses that require workers to be online are going to have to face a ‘huge tsunami’ of digital legislation

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

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

Morning Headlines

Mica homeowners in new property tax row; DPC puts Twitter under the microscope

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Tech Regulation

Data Protection Commission seeks clarity from Twitter over Brussels office closure

Key location for tech giant to engage in European regulation had been reduced to just two executives following Elon Musk’s staff cuts

Update of HEA Springboard website exposes personal data of 45,000 users

Members of the Garda, the prison service and people working in the HSE are among those whose details could be viewed online