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The following is a list of case studies, by year, as featured in Annual Reports published by this Office. These case studies provide an insight into some of the issues that this Office investigates on a day to day basis. For ease of reference, some of the case studies have been indexed by categories below.

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.  ...
Introduction

Statement from the Data Protection Commission on Google and the use of location data

23rd August 2018

DPC Ireland notes the media reports in relation to Google and location data. For clarity, DPC Ireland, in the immediate aftermath (on the 15th August) of the publication of the Associated Press story, raised a number of questions with Google in relation to those issues and required an urgent response. Google has committed to a response in the coming days. ...