Stylised photograph of the High Court of Ireland.

ICCL v DPC at High Court in Ireland over DPC refusal to investigate Google’s RTB data breach

Next week The Irish High Court will hear a case taken by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) against the Data Protection Commission (DPC). ICCL alleges that the DPC has failed to protect people against the biggest data breach ever recorded: Google’s “Real-Time Bidding” online advertising system.

ICCL welcomes AI Act vote in European Parliament 

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the outcome of today’s plenary vote in the European Parliament on the EU’s draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The vote establishes the Parliament’s position on the Act ahead of negotiations with the Council of the EU and the European Commission. 

ICCL recommendations in European Commission’s AI standardisation request

12 June 2023The European Commission sent a request to European standard-setting bodies on 22 May 2023[1] for technical standards related to the requirements for high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the AI Act. These standards will be as important as …

ICCL recommendations in important European Parliament text on the AI Act

10 May 2023After nearly a year of negotiations, the lead committees in the European Parliament have settled on a compromise text of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the EU’s regulation on AI. This text will be voted on by the …