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# Data Protection

This year
2023
Number of computers sent to Rehab Recycle resold instead of destroyed
A report by
Niall Sargent
Audit identified risk of data breach after devices sold on to third party who had access to warehouse.
This followed concerns raised by a member of staff at Rehab Recycle Tallaght through a protected disclosure, Noteworthy reports
The audit collated a “significant volume of evidence” to support the majority of the concerns raised
Rehab states that recommendations of the audit have been addressed
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Jul 10th 2023, 12:05 AM
Changes in laws brought about by Graham Dwyer EU Court of Justice ruling now in effect
The law was drafted last year in response to a judgement made by a European Court in the case of convicted murderer Graham Dwyer.
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Jun 7th 2023, 11:49 AM
TikTok fined £12.7 million in UK after it ‘did not do enough’ to keep under-13s off platform
This comes after Australia earlier today said it will ban TikTok on government devices.
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Apr 4th 2023, 12:00 PM
House panel to vote on bill that would give Biden authority to ban TikTok in US
The White House yesterday gave federal agencies 30 days to purge TikTok from all government-issued devices.
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Feb 28th 2023, 10:14 PM
Canada bans TikTok on government phones and devices over data protection worries
The European Commission banned the app from its equipment last week.
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Feb 27th 2023, 9:44 PM
European Commission and Council bans staff from using TikTok on official devices
TikTok today said the decision was based on mistaken ideas about its platform.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 6:45 PM
Government seeks experts to ensure Mother and Baby Home redress scheme doesn't break GDPR rules
The successful applicant will have to ensure the operation of the scheme is fully compliant with all national and EU data protection laws.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 6:30 AM
Last year
2022
Data watchdog fines Meta €265 million over GDPR breaches
An inquiry by the DPC that was ongoing since April 2021 found infringements of two GDPR articles.
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Nov 28th 2022, 3:59 PM
DPC proposes 'range of fines' on Irish TikTok operation for its processing of children's data
The Dublin based business provides services related to content moderation and data controlling in Europe
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Nov 24th 2022, 11:15 AM
Data Protection Commission warned legal costs could drain resources, document shows
The risk register also warned of the difficulty in securing enough government funding and getting sanction for “key items of expenditure”.
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Oct 5th 2022, 6:15 AM
Alleged excessive data gathering by Department of Social Protection being examined
Noteworthy investigation reveals the Department had a database of individual free travel journeys until 2020.
The Data Protection Commission is looking at use of free travel pass data, writes Maria Delaney
Noteworthy investigation reveals the Department had a database of free travel journeys until 2020
We also find Leap card system usage records, including journey data, are being retained for over a year
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May 4th 2022, 12:05 AM
Facebook gave user information to hackers who posed as law enforcement
The hackers falsified “emergency data requests” to obtain the information.
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Mar 31st 2022, 8:45 AM
Data watchdog issues €17 million fine against Facebook
The fine follows a DPC inquiry into 12 data breach notifications received between June and December 2018.
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Mar 15th 2022, 2:55 PM
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Data Protection Commissioner launches two inquiries into TikTok
The second inquiry will focus on transfers by TikTok of personal data to China.
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Sep 15th 2021, 4:37 PM
Data Protection Commission launches new investigation over Public Services Card
The Public Services Card was brought in in 2011.
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Aug 24th 2021, 3:17 PM
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
DPC has 'reached out' to health board over new Covid-19 biobank
The biobank will allow researchers to have access to the virus samples that are collected.
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Jul 29th 2021, 6:30 AM
Denying adopted people access to their birth certs 'could re-traumatise them'
Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes have said “the right to truth is key”, an Oireachtas Committee heard today.
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Jul 13th 2021, 5:16 PM
'No clear legal basis' for processing information around employee vaccine status, DPC says
The Data Protection Commission said the processing of vaccine data by employers likely represents “unnecessary and excessive data collection”.
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Jun 22nd 2021, 8:50 PM
Data regulator wrote repeatedly to Mother & Baby Home Commission about handling of sensitive testimony
The Data Protection Commissioner raised concerns about the handling of survivor testimony and delays in responding to queries.
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Jun 7th 2021, 6:26 PM
Apache Pizza announce data breach associated with details of delivery customers
The Data Protection Commission has been notified of the breach and Apache Pizza said they will contact gardaí.
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Jun 6th 2021, 8:18 AM
People identified in Mother and Baby Home records asked to contact Department of Children
The department is asking for individuals’ contact details in case their data is in records requested under GDPR.
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May 28th 2021, 5:52 PM
China is setting up its own version of GDPR - but how will it work in one of the most secretive countries in the world?
Observers say the new rules could give China stronger privacy protections than the US.
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May 19th 2021, 11:48 AM
Committee to hear criticisms and calls for reform of Data Protection Commission
An Oireachtas committee will discuss data protection law later this evening.
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Apr 27th 2021, 3:27 PM
Sinn Féin appointed officer to manage voter database only after being contacted by DPC
The so-called “Abú system” has become the source of controversy in recent days.
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Apr 23rd 2021, 7:48 AM
Australian court rules Google misled mobile users about how it gathered their location data
Google is considering an appeal of the ruling.
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Apr 16th 2021, 9:06 AM
Four Government ministers among 65 TDs whose details are contained in leaked Facebook database
More than 1.5 million Irish users have been affected by the breach.
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Apr 9th 2021, 12:05 AM
Fastway Couriers apologises after customer data from over 440,000 parcel deliveries hacked
Customer data relating to more than 400,000 parcel deliveries was accessed by hackers.
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Mar 11th 2021, 6:22 PM
'Needed further thinking': DPC paused Facebook's plan to expand its suicide and self-harm prevention tools
The Data Protection Commission released its annual report for 2020 earlier today.
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Feb 25th 2021, 6:26 PM
Data Protection Commissioner: Transfer of Mother and Baby Homes records to Dept could be 'high risk'
Around 100,000 records are expected to be moved to the Department of Children next week.
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Feb 25th 2021, 3:59 PM
Varadkar says he was 'quite surprised' that mother and baby home testimony was destroyed
There have been calls for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to not be dissolved at the end of the month.
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Feb 4th 2021, 1:35 PM
'Big rise' in complaints about domestic CCTV cameras, Data Protection Commissioner says
Helen Dixon said domestic CCTV is “an issue that really bothers people”.
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Jan 7th 2021, 6:00 AM
Minister for Justice and Irish Prison Service appeal data watchdog finding about officers' thumbprints
The case against the DPC was launched in the High Court on Tuesday.
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Nov 13th 2020, 6:10 AM
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
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
Facebook launches High Court challenge to DPC's order to suspend EU-US data transfers
The DPC told Facebook this week to stop transferring data belonging to European Union users to the US.
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Sep 11th 2020, 12:16 PM
Facebook told it can no longer send user data from EU to US
The social media giant said the Data Protection Commission told it the key mechanism it uses to transfer data to the US “cannot in practice be used”.
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Sep 10th 2020, 8:47 AM
Tusla suffers 23 'high risk' data breaches - including stolen files and loss of devices - since last year
The vast majority of the cases involved an “employee error or omission”.
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Aug 17th 2020, 6:30 AM
Europe's highest court rules that data protection arrangement between EU and US is invalid
The US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said his department was “deeply disappointed” by the court ruling.
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Jul 16th 2020, 6:45 PM
Highest European court expected to rule on data privacy case today
The ruling on this case could have significant implications for how data is transferred between the EU and the US.
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Jul 16th 2020, 6:20 AM
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