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

A potential large-scale data breach has highlighted the threat to Irish businesses. But some organisations are still failing to be GDPR compliant, writes Jason Walsh

Irish DPC Deputy Commissioner said a record fine against WhatsApp in 2021 was just the beginning and that many other investigations would come to fruition in 2022

Controversy is raging in Europe over the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s ability to curtail the power of Big Tech, and it is doing untold damage to the country’s reputation

Seán Quinn and his family were the subject of much unflattering media coverage last week following their successful de-listing of numerous critical press articles from Google. But the incident has opened up a wider debate about the ‘right to be forgotten’ online

Pressure is building to strengthen the structure of the DPC to help it cope as Europe’s frontline regulatory authority for Big Tech

With the Facebook-owned messaging giant signalling its intention to appeal the €225m fine, months or even years in court are likely to await Helen Dixon and her office

Many companies want their employees back in offices as soon as possible, but a lack of clarity on their right to ask staff if they are vaccinated, and what to do with those who are not, is causing difficulties

Irish politics now has a choice to either follow Sinn Féin’s ever-more sophisticated profiling of voters, or return to traditional reliance on local intelligence

The questions being asked of the party by the Data Protection Commissioner on Sinn Féin‘s alleged gathering of intelligence on political opinions on a national level are legitimate ones

If your online business model depends on your customers not understanding what you’re doing, is it a sustainable and ethical business, and does it deserve to survive?