ICCL and Amnesty International Ireland call on TDs to extend the term of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

The Commission must be extended until such time as the Data Protection Commission and any other body has concluded investigations into the legality of the destruction of audio recordings of testimonies given to the Confidential Committee.Survivors have been asking for …

Internal problems exposed at Irish Data Protection Commission

Listen to an audio version of this ICCL story (or download audio)9 February 2021  ICCL investigation reveals years of delays to major ICT overhaul intended to enable the Irish Data Protection Commission to enforce the GDPR.Documents obtained by ICCL under …

ICCL alerts Irish Government of strategic economic risk from failure to uphold the GDPR

This note makes public a letter to the Irish Government describing how Ireland is being sidestepped as a regulatory center. EU Member States are sidestepping Ireland to enforce the GDPR. This threatens Ireland’s position in the global digital economy. It also …

Digital Markets Act may create dangerous loopholes for Big Tech data use

ICCL writes to the European Parliament and to the European Commission to highlight loopholes in the proposed Digital Markets Act. On 15 December 2020 the European Commission published a proposal for a Digital Markets Act, intended to correct digital market problems. These …