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Data Protection

Last week
7th June 2026 - 13th June 2026
The Morning Lead
Can consumers really opt out of supermarket loyalty schemes when some price differences are so big?
Civil liberties campaigners say consumers have a right to consent to their data being collected – but when opting out means paying more, do we really have a choice?
7 Jun
24.6k
73
Last month
May 2026
FactCheck
The EU is bringing in Digital IDs for citizens – but what are they, and how will it affect you?
The app should allow users to verify their age without giving their date of birth.
24 May
30.2k
This year
2026
legal challenge
Denis O'Brien loses action 'on all grounds' in case against DPC relating to Red Flag dossier
20 Feb
12.7k
Last year
2025
online hack
M&S offers discount to Irish shoppers as online orders remain unavailable after April cyberattack
18 Aug 2025
54.3k
3
Data Protection
CHI faces investigation over data breach of health records at Tallaght Hospital
Updated 14 Aug 2025
7.3k
High Court
TikTok given permission to challenge €530m fine over data transfers to China
14 Jul 2025
5.4k
fresh probe
TikTok under investigation over claims it misled Ireland's data regulator
10 Jul 2025
3.5k
dodgy box
Sky's 'dodgy box' clamp down 'troubling' says surveillance expert
21 Jun 2025
68.0k
143
privacy breach
Irish data protection watchdog slaps TikTok with €530 million fine over data transfers to China
2 May 2025
14.5k
30
Data Protection
Bank of Ireland to pay €350K over alleged data breach that saw woman stalked by her father
5 Mar 2025
24.2k
Explainer
How worried should we be about AI chatbots using our data?
8 Feb 2025
6.9k
All time
Fit the Bill
Only a fraction of fines doled out by the Data Protection Commission have been paid
14 Dec 2024
9.1k
14
Data Protection
LinkedIn Ireland hit with €310 million fines by Data Protection Commissioner
24 Oct 2024
19.0k
21
GDPR
High Court proceedings launched against X by Data Protection Commission over use of personal data
6 Aug 2024
13.9k
The Morning Lead
Number of computers sent to Rehab Recycle resold instead of destroyed
10 Jul 2023
57.2k
32
Data Retention
Changes in laws brought about by Graham Dwyer EU Court of Justice ruling now in effect
7 Jun 2023
18.6k
Data Protection
TikTok fined £12.7 million in UK after it ‘did not do enough’ to keep under-13s off platform
Updated 4 Apr 2023
7.6k
27
Data Protection
House panel to vote on bill that would give Biden authority to ban TikTok in US
Updated 28 Feb 2023
18.9k
15
tiktok
Canada bans TikTok on government phones and devices over data protection worries
27 Feb 2023
5.4k
1
Data Protection
European Commission and Council bans staff from using TikTok on official devices
Updated 23 Feb 2023
11.8k
25
Tender
Government seeks experts to ensure Mother and Baby Home redress scheme doesn't break GDPR rules
23 Feb 2023
6.1k
Facebook
Data watchdog fines Meta €265 million over GDPR breaches
Updated 28 Nov 2022
15.7k
12
Privacy
DPC proposes 'range of fines' on Irish TikTok operation for its processing of children's data
24 Nov 2022
5.1k
0
DPC
Data Protection Commission warned legal costs could drain resources, document shows
5 Oct 2022
7.5k
2
Data Protection
Alleged excessive data gathering by Department of Social Protection being examined
4 May 2022
42.7k
22
imposters
Facebook gave user information to hackers who posed as law enforcement
31 Mar 2022
14.0k
5
Meta
Data watchdog issues €17 million fine against Facebook
15 Mar 2022
7.6k
6
Data Protection
Data Protection Commissioner launches two inquiries into TikTok
15 Sep 2021
8.9k
6
Investigation
Data Protection Commission launches new investigation over Public Services Card
24 Aug 2021
26.5k
16
Selling our genes
Government investment in DNA-collecting company Genuity Science loses value
18 Aug 2021
16.3k
12
Data Protection
DPC has 'reached out' to health board over new Covid-19 biobank
29 Jul 2021
19.5k
5
information and tracing
Denying adopted people access to their birth certs 'could re-traumatise them'
13 Jul 2021
6.8k
9
Vaccines
'No clear legal basis' for processing information around employee vaccine status, DPC says
22 Jun 2021
54.0k
52
Data Protection
Data regulator wrote repeatedly to Mother & Baby Home Commission about handling of sensitive testimony
7 Jun 2021
19.0k
11
cyber breach
Apache Pizza announce data breach associated with details of delivery customers
6 Jun 2021
44.0k
35
Data Protection
People identified in Mother and Baby Home records asked to contact Department of Children
28 May 2021
10.0k
4
the good information project
China is setting up its own version of GDPR - but how will it work in one of the most secretive countries in the world?
19 May 2021
12.8k
9
Data
Committee to hear criticisms and calls for reform of Data Protection Commission
27 Apr 2021
6.6k
12
Data Protection
Sinn Féin appointed officer to manage voter database only after being contacted by DPC
23 Apr 2021
23.4k
95
Android
Australian court rules Google misled mobile users about how it gathered their location data
16 Apr 2021
8.5k
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