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# DPC

Last week
24th September 2023 - 30th September 2023
# Data Protection Commission
TikTok launches High Court challenge against €345m DPC fine over processing of children’s data
The Data Protection Commission imposed the fine last month after it investigated TikTok’s privacy settings and features.
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Sep 28th 2023, 3:17 PM
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# Data Protection Commission
TikTok fined €345 million by Ireland's data watchdog over processing of children’s data
Tiktok said that it “respectfully disagreed” with the level of the fine imposed and said it related to features and settings in place three years ago.
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Sep 15th 2023, 1:11 PM
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# High Court
Court dismisses claim DPC failed to fully investigate complaint over alleged Google data breach
The complaint was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a senior fellow of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
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Aug 28th 2023, 2:03 PM
# i'm feeling fined
Facebook-owner Meta hit with record fine of €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission
Meta has said it will appeal the decision.
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May 22nd 2023, 1:46 PM
# DPC
Gardaí and delivery firm Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022
The Data Protection Commission said there were 5,828 GDPR data breaches reported last year, down 12% on 2021.
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Mar 7th 2023, 6:48 AM
# Cyber Security
More than 200 cyber attacks with theft of personal data reported to Irish authorities in a year
Data Protection Commission investigators are examining the reports in keeping with the GDPR reporting laws.
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Feb 20th 2023, 12:05 AM
# GDPR
WhatsApp Ireland fined €5.5 million for breaches of GDPR
The Data Protection Commission also announced that WhatsApp Ireland has six months to bring its data processing operations into compliance.
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Jan 19th 2023, 1:38 PM
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# DPC
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
# Instagram
Instagram launches High Court appeal against record €405 million fine
The fine was issued following an investigation into the way Instagram handled teenagers’ personal data.
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Sep 30th 2022, 1:30 PM
# Instagram
DPC defends handling of social media investigations after €405 million Instagram fine
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are ‘becoming old news’.
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Sep 15th 2022, 10:48 AM
# Facebook Ireland
Instagram hit by record €405 million fine by Data Protection Commissioner
This is the biggest fine ever handed out by the Data Protection Commissioner.
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Sep 5th 2022, 4:50 PM
# Meta
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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# CCTV
DPC warns about use of CCTV outside private homes after over 150 complaints in past year
Most complaints are mainly about neighbours who operate either a CCTV system or smart doorbell.
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Nov 23rd 2021, 9:31 PM
# Court
WhatsApp Ireland allowed to challenge €225m GDPR fine in High Court
WhatsApp claims the fine constitutes the imposition of a criminal sanction
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Nov 8th 2021, 4:59 PM
# Data Protection
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
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
# information and tracing
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
# Vaccines
'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
# Audit
Data regulator to conduct audit of every Irish political party
The audit will inquire into the processing of personal data by parties over the past three years.
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May 20th 2021, 9:54 AM
# DPC
High Court rejects Facebook bid to block probe that could stop data transfers from EU to US
Facebook Ireland today lost its bid to block the Data Protection Commissioner from conducting a probe into the matter.
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May 14th 2021, 10:43 PM
# Data
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
# millions affected
Data Protection Commission launches probe into Facebook over user data breach
The dataset leaked online included phone numbers and email addresses from Facebook users
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Apr 14th 2021, 4:16 PM
# Facebook
Data watchdog awaiting 'firm answers' from Facebook over information leak
The dataset leaked online included phone numbers and email addresses from Facebook users.
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Apr 6th 2021, 6:08 PM
# dossiers
Data watchdog launches inquiry into Health Department's processing of personal data
The inquiry follows last week’s RTÉ Investigates report on the Department processing data of children with autism involved in cases against the State.
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Mar 30th 2021, 11:01 AM
# Email Addresses
Department apologises after 'careless' data breach of people attending mother and baby home redress meetings
Those affected by the breach are “deeply upset and distressed” by the sharing of their email addresses without their consent.
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Mar 25th 2021, 4:12 PM
# Health Warning
Two people complained that they were identifiable in a HSE case study on the dangers of Covid
The HSE uses a combination of different case studies in its Covid-19 examples.
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Feb 26th 2021, 6:45 AM
# Data Protection
'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
# Commission
'A nun poured urine on my head because I snored': Survivors contact DPC and gardaí over destruction of testimony
People who spent time in Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes say they have been “re-traumatised” by recent developments.
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Feb 9th 2021, 12:05 AM
# mother-and-baby homes
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
# GDPR
Data Protection Commission fines Twitter €450,000 over GDPR breach
It’s the first time a big tech company has been penalised under GDPR rules.
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Dec 15th 2020, 11:06 AM
# Data Protection Commission
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
# our lady's hospice
Court rules against Data Protection Commissioner in long-running case sparked by 'Isis' graffiti in hospice
CCTV was checked to try and trace who did the graffiti. A worker was subsequently disciplined when spotted taking unauthorised breaks on the footage.
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Mar 6th 2020, 6:00 AM
# Data Protection
Plans to charge 58,000 people with excessive water usage delayed over privacy concerns
Discussions are underway with the Data Protection Commissioner about managing customer’s personal data.
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Feb 24th 2020, 6:00 AM
# PSC
Senior civil servant said media outlets had 'agenda' against the Public Services Card
The government’s chief information officer singled out the Irish Times in a mail sent to other senior civil servants.
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Oct 23rd 2019, 6:05 AM
# Transparency
Civil servants were told to look at replacing the Medical Card with the Public Services Card
As recently as June this year, the government was exploring this as a possibility.
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Sep 22nd 2019, 12:05 AM
# PSC
Shane Ross says his officials were 'vindicated' over stance on Public Services Card for driving tests
The decision was made in March 2018 to not make the controversial card mandatory for a driving test.
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Sep 8th 2019, 6:30 AM
# Public Services Card
Data Protection Commission to seek enforcement action over government's refusal to comply with PSC findings
The government is challenging the findings of a landmark report into the legality of the card.
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Sep 5th 2019, 7:14 PM
# Public Services Card
Government to continue processing PSC data in defiance of Data Protection Commissioner ruling
The DPC ruled that there was no legal basis for the Government to process data for the card last month.
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Sep 4th 2019, 10:04 AM
# Data Protection Commissioner
Government will 'very seriously' consider commissioner's report into Public Services Card
The Data Protection Commissioner reject Government claims that making the card a requirement for services was lawful.
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Aug 16th 2019, 9:30 PM
# Data Protection Commissioner
No legal basis for mandatory Public Services Card to access State services other than welfare, landmark probe finds
The Data Protection Commissioner’s long-awaited report has huge implications for the controversial card.
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Aug 16th 2019, 12:01 AM
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