4 February 2021 The EU’s Parliamentary Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), composed of over 50 MEPs, has prepared a hard-hitting motion against the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), calling on the European Commission to launch an …
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 …
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 …
15 December 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is disappointing that the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) chose to fine Twitter a meagre amount for a serious breach of data rights under the General Data Protection …
The Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD-GBA) has found serious GDPR infringements in the system Google and others use to legitimise online tracking. The system behind nearly all of the consent messages that pop up on screens in Europe has been found to infringe the GDPR. The APD-GBA is the lead enforcer on this issue for the EU.
This note summarizes findings of an investigation by the GDPR supervisory authority with responsibility for the IAB in Europe. 16 October 2020 The Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD-GBA) has conducted an investigation of the IAB and its Transparency and Consent Framework …
This morning’s letter alerts the European Commission that frictionless UK-EU data transfer is impossible because of ICO problems. This morning I alerted the European Commission its of its legal obligation to limit EU data transfers to the UK after Brexit, because of …
12 October 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the European Commission alerting its of its legal obligation to limit EU data transfers to the UK after Brexit, because of problems at the UK’s privacy watchdog …
Irish Data Protection Commission inaction on the RTB privacy crisis means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.
