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.
Landmark GDPR decision against “consent” spam to be heard at Europe’s highest court
The Brussels Court of Appeal dismisses various IAB Europe procedural grounds of appeal and agrees to refer our preliminary questions to the European Court of Justice.
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 report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe
New report: the $127 billion “Real-Time Bidding” online ad industry tracks & shares what people view online, and their locations, 178 Trillion times a year in the U.S. & Europe.
ICCL makes follow up complaint about An Post GeoDirectory
6 May 2022 ICCL has lodged a follow-up complaint about An Post GeoDirectory, which is selling personal data about 2.2 million Irish households. We found that GeoDirectory was using data gathered by An Post delivery people in the data packages …
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.
Demand to global brand CEOs: stop unlawful consent spam and delete the data
ICCL & EPIC write to CEOs of P&G, Unilever, AT&T, BoA, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, IBM, and Mastercard, demanding they stop consent spam and delete data.
GDPR enforcers rule that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful
EU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google’s, Amazon’s and Microsoft’s online advertising businesses.