After a year-long inquiry, the EU Ombudsman recommends that the European Commission should monitor stages of progress in every Big Tech case that the Irish Data Protection Commission is responsible for.
Little evidence from European Commission that it properly monitored Ireland’s application of the GDPR
The European Commission has presented little evidence to the EU Ombudsman that it is keeping an eye on how Ireland polices Big Tech.
ICCL Expresses Disappointment at Lack of Investment in Human Rights Infrastructure in Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ 28 September 2022 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has expressed disappointment that the government has chosen not to invest in areas identified by ICCL that would help protect and guarantee human rights in its Budget 2023. …
DPC problems are not due to Irish legislation, ICCL tells EU Parliament LIBE Committee & Oireachtas Justice Committee
ICCL has written to the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament and Senate) Justice Committee, and MEPs from the European Parliament Justice Committee, about the LIBE mission to Dublin to investigate Ireland’s application of the GDPR.
Remarks on €405 million fine imposed on Instagram
It is clear from other data protection authorities examination of the DPC’s work that there are problems, but the DPC has succeeded in forcing Instagram to fix a problem that had exposed children to risk for years. We applaud it for doing so.
ICCL CALLS FOR €8.6 MILLION INVESTMENT IN CRITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS INFRASTRUCTURE IN BUDGET 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ Call for Government to invest 0.01% of Budget in Human Rights 5 September 2022 As the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) launches our pre-budget submission, we are calling on the government to ring-fence €8.6 million …
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.
EU Ombudsman is not satisfied with EU Commission answers to ICCL’s complaint about enforcement of data rights
19 July 2022 In a letter today to EU Commission President von der Leyen, the EU Ombudsman has said that the Commission’s June 2022 reply to inquiries arising from an ICCL complaint to the Ombudsman are not satisfactory. The complaint …
ICCL reveals that the An Post & OSI company “GeoDirectory” uses Census data to profile every Irish home, for sale to data brokers and insurance companies. ICCL has lodged a complaint with the DPC
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) reveals that An Post & OSI use Census data to profile every Irish home and sell ‘location intelligence’ to data brokers and insurance companies. ICCL has lodged a complaint with the DPC.
ICCL sues DPC over failure to act on massive Google data breach
The DPC failed to act on a complaint against Google’s huge RTB data breach. Now, over 3 years later, ICCL is taking the DPC to court to compel it to finally act.