Irish Data Protection Commission repeatedly overruled by EU colleagues, who demand tougher Big Tech sanctions
5 years: GDPR’s crisis point — ICCL’s 2023 GDPR report
Five years after the GDPR, Europe remains unable to police how Big Tech uses our data.
New ICCL complaint against European Commission at EU Ombudsman
ICCL brings new complaint against the European Commission to the EU Ombudsman for 56 month GDPR monitoring data deficit
Lessons of EU tech regulation shared with Australian Senate
Lessons of EU’s Big Tech enforcement failure shared with Australian Senate inquiry by ICCL
Europe-wide overhaul of GDPR monitoring triggered by ICCL
Following action by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), the European Commission will start regularly checking the progress of all “large-scale” cases across the EU.
EU Ombudsman’s decision
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.
ICCL highlights concerns over proposed Garda use of Facial Recognition Technology
25 November 2022 On 23 November 2022 ICCL signed a joint letter to Minister for Jusitce, Helen McEntee TD, outlining our concerns over the government’s ongoing plans to legislate for and deploy policing facial recognition technologies (FRT).
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering new privacy rules to protect Internet users against tracking. The ICCL/Open Markets/TACD submission reveals the impact of tracking-based online advertising to enable the FTC to act.
Unsealed court documents reveal data anarchy at Meta
ICCL letter to European Commission highlights new material about Meta’s internal data systems, and how Meta infringes the DMA & GDPR.
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.