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This month
March 2024
HSE says ‘misconfiguration’ of Covid vaccine dataset did not result in ‘unauthorised viewing’ of data
Last year
2023
TikTok launches High Court challenge against €345m DPC fine over processing of children’s data
TikTok fined €345 million by Ireland's data watchdog over processing of children’s data
Court dismisses claim DPC failed to fully investigate complaint over alleged Google data breach
Facebook-owner Meta hit with record fine of €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission
Gardaí and delivery firm Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022
More than 200 cyber attacks with theft of personal data reported to Irish authorities in a year
WhatsApp Ireland fined €5.5 million for breaches of GDPR
All time
Data Protection Commission warned legal costs could drain resources, document shows
Instagram launches High Court appeal against record €405 million fine
DPC defends handling of social media investigations after €405 million Instagram fine
Instagram hit by record €405 million fine by Data Protection Commissioner
Data watchdog issues €17 million fine against Facebook
DPC warns about use of CCTV outside private homes after over 150 complaints in past year
WhatsApp Ireland allowed to challenge €225m GDPR fine in High Court
Data Protection Commissioner launches two inquiries into TikTok
DPC has 'reached out' to health board over new Covid-19 biobank
Denying adopted people access to their birth certs 'could re-traumatise them'
'No clear legal basis' for processing information around employee vaccine status, DPC says
Data regulator to conduct audit of every Irish political party
High Court rejects Facebook bid to block probe that could stop data transfers from EU to US
Committee to hear criticisms and calls for reform of Data Protection Commission
Data Protection Commission launches probe into Facebook over user data breach
Data watchdog awaiting 'firm answers' from Facebook over information leak
Data watchdog launches inquiry into Health Department's processing of personal data
Department apologises after 'careless' data breach of people attending mother and baby home redress meetings
Two people complained that they were identifiable in a HSE case study on the dangers of Covid
'Needed further thinking': DPC paused Facebook's plan to expand its suicide and self-harm prevention tools
'A nun poured urine on my head because I snored': Survivors contact DPC and gardaí over destruction of testimony
Varadkar says he was 'quite surprised' that mother and baby home testimony was destroyed
Data Protection Commission fines Twitter €450,000 over GDPR breach
Facebook told it can no longer send user data from EU to US
Court rules against Data Protection Commissioner in long-running case sparked by 'Isis' graffiti in hospice
Plans to charge 58,000 people with excessive water usage delayed over privacy concerns
Senior civil servant said media outlets had 'agenda' against the Public Services Card
Civil servants were told to look at replacing the Medical Card with the Public Services Card
Shane Ross says his officials were 'vindicated' over stance on Public Services Card for driving tests
Data Protection Commission to seek enforcement action over government's refusal to comply with PSC findings
Government to continue processing PSC data in defiance of Data Protection Commissioner ruling
Government will 'very seriously' consider commissioner's report into Public Services Card