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# Data Protection Commissioner

All time
A patient's medical chart 'was found on top of a glass cabinet in a hospital'
21 May 2018
21.6k
30
All young drivers 'should have tracking devices installed to reduce car insurance costs'
7 Apr 2018
20.5k
91
Argos and Virgin Media head the list of firms prosecuted for unsolicited marketing
4 Mar 2018
21.1k
24
Private investigators were fined €20k for using family connections in the gardaí to access info
4 Mar 2018
34.6k
42
Library records of 20 people in Dublin edited to include sexually explicit information
27 Feb 2018
32.7k
28
The government wants to exempt itself from the EU's new hardcore data protection rules - but why?
18 Feb 2018
35.7k
56
Woman has request to see changes made to her own data refused as database 'is blanked every two weeks'
5 Dec 2017
47.3k
45
'I want accountability' - Man has personal data stolen from car of Social Protection employee
4 Dec 2017
46.5k
49
Warning to Irish parents as investigation finds some toys can allow children to talk to strangers
14 Nov 2017
14.4k
11
Retailers used customers' email addresses taken for issuing receipts to send marketing material
10 Nov 2017
24.8k
21
DPC 'welcomes detailed analysis' by High Court after appeal by Alan Shatter upheld
9 Nov 2017
12.4k
55
Data Protection Commissioner investigating shops asking for customer email addresses after complaints
9 Oct 2017
48.5k
44
Missing AIB customer details found after bag handed into Galway business
14 Sep 2017
24.6k
23
Taoiseach insists Public Services Card is not a national identity card
31 Aug 2017
11.9k
144
Argos and Virgin Media among companies prosecuted for wrongly sending marketing texts, calls and emails
17 Jul 2017
13.1k
9
Private investigator gave information from Social Protection Department to insurance companies
11 Apr 2017
21.0k
18
Litany of errors by child services saw woman's claims of serious sexual abuse 'lost' for over three years
6 Mar 2017
21.1k
31
Landmark case about Facebook's transfer of personal data begins in Dublin
7 Feb 2017
12.4k
Ireland's crackdown on pesky marketers is keeping cold calls at bay
26 Dec 2016
11.5k
8
Bus company used CCTV video 'unfairly' to catch driver using mobile phone
22 Jun 2016
25.7k
33
State slapped with legal action over Irish data protection regime
28 Jan 2016
9.3k
6
A controversial Dublin café is at it again after publishing CCTV footage of a customer
7 Dec 2015
78.9k
71
Privacy watchdog ordered to investigate how Facebook uses your data
20 Oct 2015
7.4k
9
Europe's top court has torn up the rules on how US tech giants use your data
6 Oct 2015
23.1k
61
The HSE divulged salary details of one of their employees to a person 'who asked for them'
23 Jun 2015
23.6k
15
Ireland is now responsible for the privacy of 240 million Twitter users
18 May 2015
9.8k
29
Investigation launched after thousands of personal documents found on side of road
27 Jan 2015
27.5k
22
Alan Shatter loses appeal against Mick Wallace data breach decision
21 Jan 2015
10.8k
61
Mother of cancer victim claims HSE 'revealed sensitive detail' about daughter's medical card refusal
21 Jan 2015
16.5k
33
An Post warned by Data Protection Commissioner over customers' bank account details
12 Jan 2015
8.7k
11
Data breach made student grant applications visible on website
2 Dec 2014
7.5k
8
Again? Irish Water sends customer's private details to the wrong person
18 Nov 2014
50.8k
87
This is how the Government plans to tackle data protection issues
7 Oct 2014
8.3k
18
'No data breach' says Irish Water, despite sending 6,329 letters to the wrong address
10 Sep 2014
19.6k
142
Meet the new boss in charge of protecting all our data
10 Sep 2014
8.2k
15
Be careful, scammers are still targeting Irish home phone users
23 Aug 2014
35.8k
76
Irish Water will be asking for your PPS number and they'll be doing so 'within weeks'
15 Jul 2014
42.6k
179
The Data Protection Commissioner is getting a new office, but keeping the one beside a convenience store in Laois
31 May 2014
12.6k
29
The Data Protection Commissioner is very worried about the new postcode system. Here's why...
12 May 2014
46.9k
118
Mick Wallace is seeking legal advice on Shatter's data protection breach
7 May 2014
6.4k
54
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