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# Data privacy

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2022
# Privacy
EU court rules Google must delete inaccurate search information if proven wrong
Search engines must “dereference information” if the person making the request can demonstrate the material is “manifestly inaccurate”.
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Dec 8th 2022, 2:48 PM
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# Selling our genes
Government investment in DNA-collecting company Genuity Science loses value
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund had invested €66m in the private genetics company acquired in a deal announced yesterday.
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Aug 18th 2021, 12:40 PM
# Data privacy
Explainer: Irish websites had six months to fully comply with cookie regulations. What happens now?
Sites were given until 5 October to get their cookie policies in line.
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Oct 10th 2020, 7:30 AM
# Selling our genes
Selling Our Genes: Government inaction allowing private sector to take control of our DNA
Hospitals and universities across Ireland are collaborating with Genuity Science due to, experts say, lack of a public project or strategy.
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Oct 4th 2020, 1:00 AM
# noteworthy.ie
Selling Our Genes: Government needs to keep ‘our national identity’ in public ownership
Ireland still has a chance to take control of genomics research – if it follows this advice.
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Oct 4th 2020, 12:58 AM
# Maynooth University
Maynooth University confirms it was victim of cyberattack in which ransom was paid to cybercriminal
NUIG in July also confirmed it was a victim of the widespread attack.
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Sep 3rd 2020, 6:32 PM
# Data privacy
Covid-19: Spread of coronavirus raises difficult questions over data privacy
Civil liberties experts have warned people to be vigilant about privacy rights during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Mar 12th 2020, 6:00 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'We have to act now before our genetic code falls into private hands to be used for profit'
Solicitor Simon McGarr also explains how Genomics Medicine Ireland did not meet the informed consent requirements for a Galway study.
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Mar 7th 2020, 7:27 PM
Voices
Opinion: Why has the State invested €70m in a private company to look at our genetic data?
Dr Ciara Staunton says it is “unfathomable” that the government has funded the collection of 400,000 Irish genomes, shutting them off from most researchers.
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Feb 16th 2020, 6:00 PM
# Data privacy
Data Commission says banning visitor books is a 'disproportionate approach' to data privacy
The books were banned from heritage sites such as Kilmainham Gaol and Dublin Castle.
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Jul 23rd 2019, 6:14 PM
# Social Media
Facebook set for $5 billion fine in the US over privacy and data protection failings
It’ll be the largest penalty ever imposed by the US Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations.
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Jul 13th 2019, 8:10 AM
# Data privacy
Facebook banned 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of the year
Facebook said those closures came on top of blocking millions of attempts to create fake accounts every day.
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May 15th 2018, 9:38 PM
# Data Breach
Cambridge Analytica: UK regulator probing Facebook over data used in political campaigns
Facebook has admitted that data of up to 87 million users was shared with Cambridge Analytica.
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Apr 5th 2018, 6:42 PM
# Facebook
Zuckerberg says Facebook needs 'a few years' to fix data privacy issues
He rejected criticism of Apple’s Tim Cook who argued Facebook got into trouble because it was so focused on monetising people’s data.
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Apr 2nd 2018, 3:40 PM
# Data Protection
'I think Chinese Whispers came into play post-my injury a year ago' - Heaslip
The retired Jamie Heaslip has become heavily involved with International Rugby Players.
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Mar 22nd 2018, 7:46 AM
Voices
Opinion: Drones may be fun, but they also pose complex legal and safety challenges
Novelty may give way to concerns over annoyance, nuisance, privacy, trespass and safety.
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Feb 1st 2015, 7:30 PM
# Data privacy
Judicial review of Facebook data case to begin in High Court tomorrow
The Europe V Facebook group launched the action last year after the Irish Data Protection Commissioner decided not to investigate Facebook over its involvement in the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program.
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Apr 28th 2014, 11:42 AM
# Data privacy
MEP wants Brussels to examine legality of new Facebook search
Labour’s Phil Prendergast says the new graph search may be a breach of a citizen’s right to protect their personal data.
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Jan 28th 2013, 6:30 AM