Responding to Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at the Justice Committee Hearing

ICCL testified at the parliamentary Justice Committee about problems at the Data Protection Commission. This note responds to the Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at that hearing.See video of the full hearing17 May 2021 On 27 April ICCL testified at the …

New US Senate Bill may stop Ireland processing US data, unless Ireland acts on GDPR enforcement

Ireland’s digital sector threatened by a proposed requirement that data protection law must be properly enforced. This afternoon United States Senator Ron Wyden has proposed a new Bill to impose export controls on personal data about people in the US to …

4 Big Questions about Google’s new privacy position

This note examines Google’s planned advertising system, and highlights privacy, data protection, and competition questions.  Author: Dr Johnny Ryan  In January 2020 Google announced that it was considering a major change in how its online advertising system operates.[1] Hidden machines …

Internal problems exposed at Irish Data Protection Commission

Listen to an audio version of this ICCL story (or download audio)9 February 2021  ICCL investigation reveals years of delays to major ICT overhaul intended to enable the Irish Data Protection Commission to enforce the GDPR.Documents obtained by ICCL under …

ICCL alerts Irish Government of strategic economic risk from failure to uphold the GDPR

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 …

Digital Markets Act may create dangerous loopholes for Big Tech data use

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 …