Analysis of DPC’s 2023 Annual Report highlights problems in Big Tech enforcement up to end of 2023
Two additional Data Protection Commissioners are welcome. But an independent review and other reforms are needed.
ICCL welcomes the Government’s decision to appoint two additional Data Protection Commissioners. We have repeatedly called for this measure and believe it may strengthen the Data Protection Commission (DPC); but this decision must be supported by other key reforms including an independent review.
Today’s Twitter decision exposes a dismal view that Europe’s GDPR enforcers have of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission
15 December 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is disappointing that the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) chose to fine Twitter a meagre amount for a serious breach of data rights under the General Data Protection …
Irish Data Protection Commission inaction means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.
21 September 2020 A new ICCL report reveals that failure by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to stop a massive data breach at the heart of the online advertising industry is allowing illicit profiling of Irish people by data …
Two years of DPC inaction on the ongoing RTB data breach: Irish people with AIDS profiled, and Polish elections influenced.
Irish Data Protection Commission inaction on the RTB privacy crisis means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.
National Childcare Scheme registration will force PSC on those living in poverty
20 November 2019 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has today hit out at the National Childcare Scheme Public Services Card requirement saying that, not only is this requirement illegal, but it is highly discriminatory and will violate the …
DPC report devastating for Government: ICCL
ICCL reacts to the Department of Social Protection release of the Public Services Card report
Government agencies using PSC not convinced it’s useful
ICCL conducted a survey of 164 government bodies who can use the PSC. Their responses are cause for concern.
Dept of Social Protection refuses FOI request on Public Services Card
Dublin, 14 January 2019 The Department of Social Protection has refused to release information regarding the Data Protection Commissioner’s investigation into the Public Services Card, in part because it may “be contrary to the public interest”. The request was brought …