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‘Can I talk to the account-holder?’ – Contacting organisations on behalf of someone else

21st May 2021

One issue which we come across regularly in the Data Protection Commission (‘DPC’) is dissatisfaction from individuals regarding steps they are being asked to take when they contact an organisation on behalf of someone else. ...

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DPC Ireland Regulatory Strategy: Draft for Consultation

23rd April 2021

In its Draft Regulatory Strategy for 2021-2026, the Irish Data Protection Commission sets out an ambitious vision for what it believes will be five crucial years in the evolution of data protection law, regulation and culture. ...

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DPC launches inquiry into Facebook in relation to a collated dataset of Facebook user personal data made available on the internet

14th April 2021

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) today launched an own-volition inquiry pursuant to section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018 in relation to multiple international media reports, which highlighted that a collated dataset of Facebook user personal data had been made available on the internet. ...

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DPC statement, re: Dataset appearing online

06th April 2021

A dataset, appearing to be sourced from Facebook, has appeared on a hacking website this weekend for free and contains records of 533 million individuals. A significant number of the users are EU users. Much of the data appears to been data scraped some time ago from Facebook public profiles. ...

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DPC launches inquiry into processing of personal data by the Department of Health

30th March 2021

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a statutory inquiry under Section 110 of the Data Protection Act, 2018 arising from the revelations on last Thursday’s Prime Time programme on RTE concerning the processing by the Department of Health of the personal data of children with autism who were involved in legal actions against the State. ...

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The “Children’s Fundamentals” – A guide to protecting children’s personal data

18th March 2021

The DPC published a comprehensive draft guidance document at the end of last year entitled “Children Front and Centre: Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing” (or “the Fundamentals” for short). ...

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DPC correspondence with LIBE Committee

17th March 2021

The DPC contacted the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (EP) in February and March 2021 on foot of the publication of two draft resolutions and connected amendments proposed for adoption by that Committee. ...

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Annual Report 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

25th February 2021

Annual Report 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 2020 Accounts ...

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Data Protection Commission publishes 2020 Annual Report

25th February 2021

Commissioner for Data Protection, Helen Dixon, today launched the Irish Data Protection Commission’s Annual Report for 2020. Highlights of the 2020 Annual Report include: ...

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CCTV, Discovery and Access Requests

10th February 2021

In a decision of the High Court in November 2020 (Dudgeon v Supermacs Ireland Ltd., [2020] IEHC 600), Mr Justice Barr ruled that a restaurant was not obliged to disclose CCTV recordings of an incident to a person identifiable on the recording and who claimed damages for injuries ...

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