Life European data regulators issued €1.1bn in GDPR fines in 2021 Ireland's €225m WhatsApp fine second largest imposed during the year 18 Jan
Pro IBM unveils world-first machine learning training method for GDPR-compliance The novel approach to training machine learning models minimises the amount of personal data that's required to make accurate predictions 25 Nov
Life WhatsApp secures permission to challenge €225 million GDPR fine The company has been granted the power to challenge Ireland’s fine over the way it shares user data 10 Nov
ICS ICS to explore the future of UK data protection laws in upcoming webinar Virtual event to take place Wednesday 10 November at 12pm 8 Nov
Pro What is China’s Personal Information Protection Law? A look at the country's recently introduced law governing how personal data is defined and processed 2 Nov
ICS UK data protection laws in limbo as Brexit forces regulation rethink A 'light touch' could be key to attracting tech companies, writes Jared Browne 28 Oct
Life Footballers seek compensation for ‘GDPR violating’ performance data trading Letter threatening legal action against 17 firms that use trade player data claims the practice violates EU data protection law 12 Oct
Pro Data Protection Commission fails to resolve 98% of Big Tech GDPR cases Campaigners accuse regulator of being a ‘bottleneck’ for GDPR enforcement 13 Sep
Trade DPC fines WhatsApp €225m over data sharing policies Finalised penalty almost five times larger than draft fine issued in December 2020 2 Sep
Pro Zoom is no longer compatible with GDPR, Hamburg data watchdog claims Regulator claims city officials are using a "legally highly problematic system" 19 Aug
Life Ikea fined €1.1m for spying on employees Privacy experts slam the fine as a 'slap on the wrist' and say the retailer could have faced much harsher consequences under GDPR 16 Jun
Life GDPR turns three: The biggest fines so far More than 600 fines have been issued under the EU's data protection regulation since it came into force in 2018 25 May
Life Germany bans Facebook from using WhatsApp data over GDPR concerns Hamburg's data protection commissioner issues three-month ban days before the app's new privacy policy rolls out 12 May
Life DPC to investigate Facebook data leak Regulator believes ‘one or more’ GDPR provisions may have occurred following apparent leak of 533m user records 16 Apr
Radio They are listening Just because your data is switched off, doesn't mean your smartphone is not paying attention 16 Apr
Pro BSI launches GDPR compliance service for non-EU countries Service will ensure organisations meet EU and UK data protection compliance obligations 17 Dec
Trade BITS secures three-year contract with McInerney Saunders BITS plans to grow its workforce as a result of the project win 13 Oct
Trade Majority of Irish companies unaware of looming cookie deadline Only 1% of businesses found to be compliant with coming data protection regulations 'in any meaningful way' 23 Sep
Pro HIQA opens national electronic patient summary public consultation Feedback period to finish on 11 September 6 Aug
Blogs GDPR: anniversaries, reports and open letters, but no fines On the second anniversary of the regulation implementation date, we still await a bite from the tiger 25 May
Life Report: Avast and AVG collect and sell your personal info via their free antivirus programs Avast says opt-out option coming soon 28 Jan
Pro Ireland second in Europe for data breach notifications More than 6,700 data breaches notified to Irish DPC in last 12 months 20 Jan
Life Ireland ranks second in Europe for GDPR complaints Report says more than 6,700 complaints lodged in 2019 20 Jan
Pro A quarter of Irish organisations may not be GDPR compliant Equinix survey highlights Irish IT decision-makers need for greater focus on data regulations 19 Dec
Pro Data breach trends from the first year of the GDPR revealed Unauthorised disclosure was behind 83% of all breaches 22 Oct
Life Finance sector has received the most GDPR fines to date Ireland has not yet administered fines for GDPR breaches 20 Sep
Pro Microsoft facing regulator scrutiny in US Redmond has avoided the regulators’ crosshairs previously, but ongoing issues with privacy could change that 10 Sep
Pro Third party compliance most challenging aspect of GDPR, research finds One in five companies have experienced a data protection breach in the last 12 months 9 Jul
Pro British Airways to be fined for GDPR infringements £183 million fine is 1.5% of 2017 turnover 8 Jul
Pro DPC opens inquiry onto Google Ireland practices Ad Exchange to be examined for possible GPDR infringement 23 May
Pro Report suggests GDPR limits AI in Europe Centre for Data Innovation finds regulation inhibits the development by impacting data availability 13 May
Pro Nearly 60,000 GDPR data breach notifications, but only 91 fines Low number of fines relative to the volume of reported breaches hints at over-extended regulators, says report 7 Feb
Pro No deal Brexit means third country data status for UK Minister Breen addresses Data Protection Conference, clarifies EU position on no deal implications 25 Jan
Life French data regulator hits Google with €50m fine over ad personalisation Office of the Data Protection Commissioner said to lack 'decision-making power' in GDPR case 22 Jan
Trade Businesses see no ill effects from GDPR – report Dataconversion survey shows unanimous faith in customer engagement but little over half have a strategy 10 Dec
Pro Irish businesses confident in GDPR compliance Third annual GDPR report finds confidence and challenge with privacy regulation 26 Nov
Blogs GDPR: why are we waiting? There has been no shortage of data breaches since 25 May, so where are all the fines? 12 Oct
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