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Legal News – August 25
Here is a selection of our recent publications from July 2025.
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Non-Work Data on Work Mobile: Employer Not Responsible
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The Art of Staying Anonymous: Game-Changing Decision for Data Anonymisation
A recent European court decision has shifted the goalposts on the standard of data anonymisation ...
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Green Light for EU-US Transfers? Adequacy Decision for USA is in Sight
Green light for EU-US transfers? Meta appeal against DPC Decision remains on hold but sheds light...
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William Fry Data Protection Day Update 2022
Council of Europe's annual Data Protection Day 2022: we unpack the key data protection stories of...
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William Fry Data Protection Day Update 2021
Ahead of the Council of Europe's annual Data Protection Day on 28 January 2021, we unpack the key...
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William Fry Data Protection Day Update 2020
To mark International Data Protection Day 2020, our Technology & Data Protection team round-up so...
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The Fine Line in GDPR and its Impact on Businesses’ Risk Analyses
Reported data breaches in Europe rose by almost 20% in 2020. Ireland, as host to many large tech...
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Standards are Upheld but Shield Sinks Under Harbour Waves
European Court upholds validity of Standard Contractual Clauses but not Privacy Shield as interna...
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High Court Delivers Ruling in Facebook Data Transfer Case
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Data Protection Commission Publishes Annual Report for 2017
Data Protection Commission Publishes Annual Report for 2017 outlining the work carried out in 201...
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Data Protection Commission Publishes Report on Special Investigation in the Hospitals Sector
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COVID-19: Top Data Protection Queries & Practical Tips
We consider how businesses might navigate some of the demands of data protection compliance in th...
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Almighty Fada: DPC Investigating Whether Omission of ‘Síneadh Fada’ Breaches Data Protection Laws
The Data Protection Commission is investigating whether the refusal to respond to a request for r...
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European Commissioner Provides Strong Support for the Data Protection Commission
EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has defended the Data Protection Commission in a le...
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Health Research Rules Updated via New Regulations
The 2021 Health Research Regulations introduce significant new revisions to the law on processing...
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Verifying the Identity of a Data Subject: A Look at What’s Reasonable in the Circumstances
What constitutes a reasonable request for further information for verifying identity? Do you need...
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A Lookback at Data Protection for 2020: The DPC Publishes the 2020 Annual Report
The Data Protection Commission has published another annual report on what has been a challenging...
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Return to Work: Dealing with a Confirmed Case of the Virus in the Workplace
50% of employers say their main data protection concern for returning to work is dealing with a c...
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Schrems II: Court Orders the DPC to Pay Majority of Costs
The Data Protection Commission has been ordered to pay the majority of the costs in the litigatio...
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COVID-19: Data Protection Issues When Video Conferencing
In this article, William Fry specialists identify key data protection issues apparent during the ...
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Data Protection Commission Finds Prison Security System in Breach of GDPR
The Data Protection Commission has found a security system used in Irish prisons, which involves ...
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GDPR Stock Take (Part 1): Data Protection Commission Publishes Two-year Regulatory Review
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Legal News – July
We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your business. Here ar...
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Ní Thagann Fada Gan Iarracht: An Sárú Sonraí é Síneadh Fada a Fhágáil ar Lár?
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The Data Protection Commission Issues Guidance on Requesting Personal Data from Prospective Tenants
The Data Protection Commission has issued guidance to assist landlords in understanding what info...
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Supreme Court Dismisses Facebook Appeal on Transfer of Personal Data
Supreme Court dismisses Facebook's appeal on the transfer of personal data.
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Employer Use of Third-party CCTV Footage
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Data Protection Update: Data Security Breach Reports Rise By 70%, Complaints Up 56%
Data Protection Commission issues first annual report post GDPR demonstrating a surge in both com...
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Increase in Access Requests and Breach Notifications after 25 May 2018
Since the coming into force of the GDPR, organisations are dealing with an increase of queries co...
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Data Protection Commissioner Issues Guidance on Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws
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Budget 2019 Increases Data Protection Commission Funding by €3.5 Million
This week's Budget 2019 announcement included an increase in funding of 3.5 Million for the Data ...
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Data Protection Commissioner to Audit Travel Organisations
The DPC intends to conduct an audit on travel organisations to ensure they are aware of their obl...
