# data-protection-commissioner - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Max Schrems
# Max Schrems
The decision comes on foot of a complaint made by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems.
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 5 September, 2021
# A Fine Mess
Some of the information provided by WhatsApp to users was described as "unnecessarily ambiguous" and "ill-defined". Non-users of WhatsApp were given no information about why the company was processing their mobile phone numbers. Engaging with WhatsApp's Privacy Policy during the inquiry was described as a "needlessly frustrating exercise".
# data-protection-commissioner - Monday 7 June, 2021
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The Data Protection Commissioner raised concerns about the handling of survivor testimony and delays in responding to queries.
# data-protection-commissioner - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Data Breach
# Data Breach
The Data Protection Commissioner has been notified.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 23 April, 2021
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The so-called “Abú system” has become the source of controversy in recent days.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 12 March, 2021
# Fastway Couriers
# Fastway Couriers
The Garda probe is the second to be launched as the Data Protection Commission are also carrying out an assessment.
# data-protection-commissioner - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Department Of Children
# Department Of Children
Around 100,000 records are expected to be moved to the Department of Children next week.
# data-protection-commissioner - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# Institutional Abuse
# Institutional Abuse
People who spent time in Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes say they have been “re-traumatised” by recent developments.
# data-protection-commissioner - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Data Collection
# Data Collection
The Data Protection Commission is seeking further clarity from the department over the actions of social welfare inspectors at airports.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 6 March, 2020
# Our Lady's Hospice
# Our Lady's Hospice
CCTV was checked to try and trace who did the graffiti. A worker was subsequently disciplined when spotted taking unauthorised breaks on the footage.
# data-protection-commissioner - Thursday 21 November, 2019
# Unlawful Basis
# Unlawful Basis
There were testy exchanges between the minister and committee members in the Oireachtas this morning.
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
New documents have shown how the Passport Office considered its options before pulling the PSC as a mandatory requirement.
# data-protection-commissioner - Wednesday 23 October, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The government’s chief information officer singled out the Irish Times in a mail sent to other senior civil servants.
# data-protection-commissioner - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The minister says she has no choice but to appeal the findings in court.
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Transparency
# Transparency
As recently as June this year, the government was exploring this as a possibility.
# data-protection-commissioner - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The Taoiseach says the Data Commissioner has declined to meet with Minister Doherty.
# data-protection-commissioner - Tuesday 17 September, 2019
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
A long-awaited probe into the legality of the card was published this evening.
# data-protection-commissioner - Saturday 14 September, 2019
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
The Taoiseach confirmed that the government has yet to file any court documents appealing findings by the Data Protection Commissioner .
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 13 September, 2019
# Podcast
# Podcast
It’s a saga that has been rumbling on for years – but what exactly is it all about?
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 8 September, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The decision was made in March 2018 to not make the controversial card mandatory for a driving test.
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# Data Breach
# Data Breach
The breach, which occurred last year, affected 64 medical card holders.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Data Protection Commissioner
# Data Protection Commissioner
The Data Protection Commissioner reject Government claims that making the card a requirement for services was lawful.
# Data Retention
# Data Retention
The Data Protection Commissioner has found that there is no lawful basis for retaining information from PSC applications.
# Exclusive
# Exclusive
The National Driver’s Licence Service says that having a PSC “simplifies” the process of application.
# Data Protection Commissioner
# Data Protection Commissioner
The Data Protection Commissioner ’s long-awaited report has huge implications for the controversial card.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
It comes after an individual made a complaint about the repeated requests to provide information to claim child benefit.
# data-protection-commissioner - Monday 10 June, 2019
# Long Awaited
# Long Awaited
The Department of Social Protection says a “decision will made” once the full report becomes available.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 31 May, 2019
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The decision comes after the High Court referred a number of questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
# data-protection-commissioner - Friday 26 April, 2019
# Data Breach
# Data Breach
The Data Protection Commissioner has launched a statutory inquiry into Facebook’s password storage breach.
# data-protection-commissioner - Thursday 11 April, 2019
# Cabot Financial
# Cabot Financial
The breach resulted in names, contact information, and financial details being compromised.
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 24 February, 2019
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
Minister Regina Doherty clashed with Mick Wallace over the Public Services Card earlier this week.
# data-protection-commissioner - Thursday 7 February, 2019
# Tourism And Transport
# Tourism And Transport
Candidates’ email addresses were accidentally shared with other jobseekers.
# data-protection-commissioner - Monday 28 January, 2019
# Data Concerns
# Data Concerns
Facebook is said to be planning to integrate its various message platforms, but the Data Protection Commissioner wants clarity.
# data-protection-commissioner - Monday 14 January, 2019
# Freedom Of Information
# Freedom Of Information
The group intends to appeal this decision to the Office of the Information Commissioner.
# data-protection-commissioner - Monday 1 October, 2018
# Hacked
# Hacked
On Friday, Facebook reported that up to 50 million accounts were breached in a security flaw.
# data-protection-commissioner - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
# GDPR
# GDPR
We sat down with the Data Protection Commissioner ’s Graham Doyle this afternoon to suss out what the biggest data protection legislation in generations entails for Ireland.
# data-protection-commissioner - Monday 21 May, 2018
# GDPR
# GDPR
We’ll be holding a Facebook Live tomorrow afternoon on the subject. If you have any questions now’s the time to have your say.
# Off The Charts
# Off The Charts
The special report on the hospitals sector was carried out in 20 Irish hospitals.
# data-protection-commissioner - Saturday 7 April, 2018
# Speeding
# Speeding
Junior Minister Michael D’Arcy said young people are choosing to pay higher premiums rather than have the devices installed in their cars.
# data-protection-commissioner - Sunday 4 March, 2018
# KNUCKLES RAPPED
# KNUCKLES RAPPED
The Data Protection Commissioner has released details of its 2017 investigations.
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