Firm But Fair: DPC Publishes 2024 Annual Report
On 19 June 2025, the Data Protection Commission published its Annual Report for 2024, accompanied by the results of its first Public Attitudes Surv...
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Council of Europe's annual Data Protection Day 2022: we unpack the key data protection stories of 2021 and look ahead to what to expect in 2022.
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To mark International Data Protection Day 2020, our Technology & Data Protection team round-up some of the key data protection stories of 2019 and ...
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The Circuit Court recently set aside a decision of the Data Protection Commission for failing to comply with fair procedures in arriving at its fin...
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It's time for employers to prepare for the widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Irish High Court has delivered a ruling that the DPC can resume an investigation that may result in a prohibition on Facebook's EU-US data tran...
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Websites and apps have 6 months to comply with the Data Protection Commission's recently published report and separate guidance on Cookies and Othe...
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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a special investigation report on data protection in the hospitals sector.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced a series of fines for Irish Child and Family Agency, TUSLA for breaches of the General Dat...
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Data Protection Commission Publishes Annual Report for 2017 outlining the work carried out in 2017 and also its priorities for the future.
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EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has defended the Data Protection Commission in a letter to Dutch and German MEPs.
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What constitutes a reasonable request for further information for verifying identity? Do you need to ask for additional information in all circumst...
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The Data Protection Commission has published another annual report on what has been a challenging a year, and certainly a year of firsts for the body.
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The Data Protection Commission has been ordered to pay the majority of the costs in the litigation concerning the Schrems II decision. This follows...
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A recent decision of the English High Court provides authority for data controllers in the UK to pushback on data subject access requests (DSARs) w...
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In this article, William Fry specialists identify key data protection issues apparent during the recent global increase in video conferencing follo...
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Welcome to the May 2020 issue of Legal News. We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your business. Here are som...
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The Data Protection Commission has found a security system used in Irish prisons, which involves the scanning of thumbprints, to be in breach of th...
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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the European Commission (EC) have recently published reports reviewing the application and enforcement of ...
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We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your business. Here are some of our recently published website articles ...
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Tá fiosrú á dhéanamh ag an DPC faoin diultú atá déanta ag eagraíochtaí áirithe ainm as Gaeilge a litriú leis an síneadh fada.
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The Data Protection Commission has issued guidance to assist landlords in understanding what information they may request from prospective tenants.
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Supreme Court dismisses Facebook's appeal on the transfer of personal data.
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The Data Protection Commission has ruled that there was no breach of data protection law in a complaint concerning employer use of third-party CCTV...
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Data Protection Commission issues first annual report post GDPR demonstrating a surge in both complaints and reports of breaches.