Maintenance notice - phone lines down
02nd July 2025
Our phone lines are currently down, we are working to restore them as soon as possible.
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Inquiry into City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB)
23rd June 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision (Decision) following an inquiry into a personal data breach at the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). The DPC commenced this inquiry on an own-volition basis in July 2019.
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Data Protection Commission (DPC) launches Annual Report for 2024 and Publishes Results of Public Attitudes Survey
19th June 2025
Data Protection Commission launches Annual Report for 2024 and Publishes Results of Public Attitudes Survey
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Data Protection Commission publishes 2024 Annual Report
19th June 2025
The Data Protection Commission has today launched its Annual Report for 2024 and released the results of its first Public Attitudes Survey.
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DPC announces conclusion of investigation into use of facial matching technology in connection with the Public Services Card by the Department of Social Protection
12th June 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision following the conclusion of an inquiry into the Department of Social Protection (DSP). This inquiry, which commenced in July 2021, examined the DSP’s processing of biometric facial templates, and usage of associated facial matching technologies, as part of the registration process for the Public Services Card.
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Taoiseach opens the DPC’s new headquarters in Dublin
29th May 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) was delighted to invite Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD and Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, TD, to the official opening of its new headquarters in Dublin earlier today.
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DPC statement on Meta AI
21st May 2025
Over the past two years, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has been engaging intensively with many of the leading technology companies at the forefront of AI developments in particular concerning the use of adult's personal data to train Large Language Models in the EU/EEA.
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Irish Data Protection Commission fines TikTok €530 million and orders corrective measures following Inquiry into transfers of EEA User Data to China
02nd May 2025
The Irish Data Protection Commission has today announced its final decision following an Inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited (“TikTok”).
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Data Protection Commission Announces commencement of inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC)
11th April 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the commencement of an inquiry into the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts posted on the ‘X’ social media platform by EU/EEA users, for the purposes of training generative artificial intelligence models, in particular the Grok Large Language Models (LLMs).
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The DPC's handling of Subject Access Requests
07th March 2025
The DPC is mandated to handle complaints from individuals, including requests for access to personal data (Article 15 GDPR). Article 15 GDPR contains a general obligation that firstly requires an organisation to confirm whether or not the individual’s personal data is undergoing processing.
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