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Thursday 1 October 2020
The findings come from Microsoft which is currently involved in a legal battle concerning a US warrant for emails stored on Irish servers.
Numerous cities across the world, including Dublin, are engaging with projects that will make their cities smarter, but what are the concerns?
The shortened policy also hints towards its long-rumoured payments transfer service, but you still won’t have much control over how your data is used.
The ‘Radar’ app allows users to monitor people they follow on Twitter.
The statistical breakdown you should look at if you’re thinking of stepping onto the property ladder.
This is where your sneaky table quiz questions go.
“It’s an absolute shambles,” one affected customer said, after waiting on the phone for an hour to speak to Irish Water’s customer care team.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Two words: fair usage.
Data protection reform will need to rebuild the trust that has been shattered by numerous spying scandals and data breaches.
MCK Rentals unlawfully gathered people’s addresses from the Department of Social Protection and the HSE.
Günther Oettinger, the EU’s next head of digital economy, has blamed celebrities for the recent nude photo leak.
How many people are sleeping rough in Wexford? Or how many are in emergency accommodation in Tipperary?
The launch of Atlas, its new ad platform, will allow advertisers to target demographics on desktop, mobile and other sites, but the company says that users’ identities will remain anonymous.
Tim Cook said in a letter on privacy that Apple doesn’t let government services access the company’s information.
The Apple CEO said that Apple’s business is ‘not based on having information’ about its users and that government agencies don’t have back door access to its servers.
With Apple moving into health and fitness and quantifying our lives even further, more data about us is going to be gathered.
Make sure you’re not freely handing away your personal data…
The search engine giant is said to be working on a system that will allow parents to set up accounts for their kids, and control what services they use.
Credit unions are not being investigated by the Data Protection Commissioner, despite making front page news.
The class action suit, filed by lawyer Max Schrems, is limiting the number of participants to 25,000 until all requests are verified.
And stop yourself from receiving a nasty shock when you get your bill.
It will ensure that security services can continue accessing internet and mobile phone data.
It will be working with Britain’s independent data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, as it investigates Facebook’s decision to alter 700,000 users’ News Feed as part of an experiment
Data roaming prices being cut by more than half across the EU from 1 July 2014, but Neelie Kroes says that it is ‘not enough’.
A number of questions relating to a case involving the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s decision to not investigate Facebook, will now be dealt with by the European Court of Justice.
Digital rights campaigners said that the Government is relying on ‘makey-uppy’ legal interpretations.
The DPC is to open a new sub office in Dublin following Cabinet agreement this week.
The European Drug report also finds that over a quarter of the general population has tried cannabis.
That’s one of the findings from a worldwide survey on anti-Semitism.
The office says that “in the Irish context, a person’s home address is an important part of their identity.
Ken Quarrie, New Zealand Rugby’s Senior Scientist, joins TheScore.ie to discuss statistics and data in the sport.
Mick Wallace was named by Alan Shatter as having been cautioned by gardaí for using his phone while driving – an act that has been ruled as having broke the law.
The Canada Revenue Agency said 900 social insurance numbers were stolen from its website.
Disposable income, poverty rates and income drops were all looked at in the survey.
Digital Rights Ireland hard argued that the rules requiring operators to keep call details were against fundamental rights.
The site is issuing a cease and desist letter to Sell Hack, a browser plug-in which allows you to view an account’s email address, even if you’re not connected.
0.35 per cent of the population within the age limits for the scheme are currently taking part.
The Garda Commissioner has said he shares the concerns “and I have expressed my disquiet about this publically on several occasions”.
Research estimates that instead of having 213 people per square mile, there would be 850.
A MAJOR REPORT into the post office network, set to be published later today, will reveal that it’s close to collapse unless state support is provided.
The report, commissioned by the Irish Postmasters’ Union and carried out by business advisers Grant Thornton, paints a picture of a service that is at a “critical” juncture.
Postal workers were hailed at the start of the pandemic for keeping us connected with letters and delivering much-needed online orders to our homes.
But it’s also true that sending a letter to friends or family has become much less popular, following the rise of social media and email.
So today we want to know: When was the last time you sent a letter or card to friends or family?
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Professor Kathleen Lynch argues that a class divide is feeding injustice into our education system.
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Column: Why has it taken so long for the DPC to investigate Shatter's Prime Time comment?
It was almost a year ago that a complaint was made about the Minister for Justice telling Prime Time about Mick Wallace being cautioned by a garda over using his mobile phone while driving, writes William Campbell.
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