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DPC Publishes New Guidance for Elected Representatives

18th December 2018
The DPC has today published guidance that will assist elected representatives in having a strong awareness of their obligations and responsibilities as data controllers under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. ...
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Litigation concerning Standard Contractual Clauses (17.12.18)

17th December 2018
On 31 May 2016, the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) commenced proceedings in ...
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Data Protection Commission opens statutory inquiry into Facebook

17th December 2018
The Data Protection Commission has received a number of breach notifications from Facebook since the introduction of the GDPR on 25 May 2018. With reference to these data breaches, including the most recent breach received, we have this week commenced a statutory inquiry examining Facebook’s compliance with the relevant provisions of the GDPR. ...
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Data Processing Operations that require a Data Protection Impact Assessment

15th November 2018
The Data Protection Commission has published ...
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DPC publishes guidance on data protection and electoral and canvassing activities

09th October 2018
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today published guidance materials on data protection in the context of electoral and canvassing activities. ...
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