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Google sending U.S. data
to China
Enforce & EPIC file complaint and evidence
under new national security data law
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Victory
at the
European Court of Justice
Tracking industry body
found responsible
for 'consent' pop-up spam epidemic
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A huge upgrade
for the GDPR
Europe-wide overhaul
of GDPR monitoring,
triggered by ICCL
After 16 months of action by ICCL, the European Commission will now monitor progress of all big GDPR cases across the EU
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Europe's hidden
security crisis
How data about EU military
personnel and political leaders
flow to foreign states and non-state actors everyone's data
Real-Time Bidding 's security flaw is a national security problem
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New & noteworthy
Rights Enforced.
Wrongs undone.
Our latest posts on
big tech power, hate & polarisation, Artificial Intelligence, and data
3 April 2025
How not to deploy generative AI: the Story of the European Parliament
European Parliament buys Claude, a system that can’t accurately tell users who the first president of the European Commission is. 3 April 2025 — In October 2024, the European Parliament selected...
14 March 2025
ICCL slams gag order against Big Tech whistleblower after she exposed Ireland’s secret GDPR “lapdog” deal with Meta
Sarah Wynn-Williams is banned from promoting book after it revealed the Irish government gave Facebook a ‘special phone’ so it could help solve the social media giant’s problems 14 March...
7 February 2025
AI system definition guidelines fail to provide clarity
The guidelines published by the European Commission on the definition of an artificial intelligence system fail to provide clarity....
16 January 2025
Google and CEO Sundar Pichai under fire for sending Americans’ data to China in new national security complaint
U.S. Federal Trade Commission urged to Investigate Google’s RTB data in first ever complaint under new national security data law...
9 December 2024
Submission on the Prohibitions under the EU AI Act
9 December 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the European Commission on the application of the definition of AI systems and the prohibitions under the EU AI Act. In...
6 December 2024
Thousands of unlawful Garda surveillance dossiers created about children including infants
Thousands of unlawful Garda intelligence files were created about children under the age of 12 between 1999 and 2023, a report has revealed....
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3 October 2024
Australia’s hidden security crisis
How data about Australian defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors....
14 December 2023
The European Commission must follow Ireland’s lead, and switch off Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
Ireland’s new enforcer, Coimisiún na Meán, has published new rules to force digital platforms to stop artificially amplifying hate, hysteria, suicide, self harm, and disinformation...
14 November 2023
Europe’s hidden security crisis
How data about European defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors....
14 November 2023
America’s hidden security crisis
How data about American defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors....
4 September 2023
Media Commission urged to switch off Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
ICCL submits evidence and recommendations to the new Media Commission. Users must be able to use a platform without being exposed to toxic algorithms....
15 May 2023
5 years: GDPR’s crisis point — ICCL’s 2023 GDPR report
Five years after the GDPR, Europe remains unable to police how Big Tech uses our data....
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