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# Breaches

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# Breaches
Nearly 12,000 fines issued by gardaí relating to Covid-19 breaches
This includes more than 9,000 €100 fines for non-essential travel.
# C4 Dispatches
'A very serious breach of trust': Images of child abuse stayed on Facebook, undercover report claims
Facebook said it was grateful to the journalists for bringing “mistakes” in its training processes to its attention.
# KNUCKLES RAPPED
Argos and Virgin Media head the list of firms prosecuted for unsolicited marketing
The Data Protection Commissioner has released details of its 2017 investigations.
# working 9 to 5
Failure to pay holiday pay and the minimum wage: 83 businesses brought to court this year over employment breaches
The majority of the prosecutions above relate to businesses in the food and drink sector.
# Data Protection
Private investigator gave information from Social Protection Department to insurance companies
Over 1,400 data protection complaints were made in 2016, up from 932 in 2015.
# Data Protection
Poll: Do you trust the HSE with your private data?
It has emerged that 113 serious breaches of data protection occurred within our health service since March 2015.
# Data Protection
X-ray report left in Penneys, patient's mental health data faxed to a bank - 113 HSE data breach calamities revealed
The HSE says that it takes its responsibility under data protection legislation “very seriously”.
# slap on the wrist
Axa Insurance fined €675,000 by Central Bank for four-year breach of consumer code
The firm failed to insure that properly accredited people were supervising those handling insurance claims during that time.
# Data Protection
77 per cent of company data breaches are caused by employees
The survey found that almost a quarter of Irish companies have experienced multiple data breaches over the past twelve months.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Monday
Everybody’s talking about Priory Hall, breaches in patient data and Gerry Adams.
# Creches
Creche reports 'out of date' says Early Childhood Ireland
The childcare representative group says that there needs to be clear distinctions between minor and major non-compliance.
# A Breach of Trust
HSE director 'sorry' for not putting creche reports online
“I apologise for that…It was in a queue of things to happen. It was resource-restricted. It will happen now.”
# Copyright
Google releases data on copyright infringement reports
Data from the internet search company shows that Microsoft was the copyright owner with the most requests for link removals.
# Reprimanded
Regulator fines Aviva €490,000
The insurance firm had breached the Consumer Protection Code on a number of occasions between 2007 and 2011.