Reply to European Commissioner Reynders about failure to act on the GDPR

ICCL replies to Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, about the Commission’s failure to act against GDPR enforcement failure.The European Commission has failed to diligently monitor the application of the GDPR, and to intervene to see that the law is …

Our thoughts on what the DPC should do over the next 5 years

The Irish Data Protection Commission has a plan for the next five years. Here are our thoughts. The Data Protection Commission of Ireland has invited interested parties to comment on its draft regulatory strategy for the next five years. ICCL’s response …

Responding to Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at the Justice Committee Hearing

ICCL testified at the parliamentary Justice Committee about problems at the Data Protection Commission. This note responds to the Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at that hearing.See video of the full hearing17 May 2021 On 27 April ICCL testified at the …

New US Senate Bill may stop Ireland processing US data, unless Ireland acts on GDPR enforcement

Ireland’s digital sector threatened by a proposed requirement that data protection law must be properly enforced. This afternoon United States Senator Ron Wyden has proposed a new Bill to impose export controls on personal data about people in the US to …

Economic & Reputational Risk of the DPC’s Failure to Uphold EU Data Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ Data Protection Commission puts rights of 448 million people at risk, will make Ireland irrelevant as global tech hub, hears Oireachtas Committee  9 April 2021  In nearly 3 years since the GDPR, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) …

4 Big Questions about Google’s new privacy position

This note examines Google’s planned advertising system, and highlights privacy, data protection, and competition questions.  Author: Dr Johnny Ryan  In January 2020 Google announced that it was considering a major change in how its online advertising system operates.[1] Hidden machines …

Questions about Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer

We have written to Facebook ‘s Chief Privacy Officer, Michel Protti, to ask what FB will do with the data it gains when it acquires health & education chatbot company “Kustomer”.Facebook is acquiring a company called Kustomer. We fear that …