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Thursday 22 October 2020
The Data Protection Commission is seeking further clarity from the department over the actions of social welfare inspectors at airports.
CCTV was checked to try and trace who did the graffiti. A worker was subsequently disciplined when spotted taking unauthorised breaks on the footage.
There were testy exchanges between the minister and committee members in the Oireachtas this morning.
New documents have shown how the Passport Office considered its options before pulling the PSC as a mandatory requirement.
The government’s chief information officer singled out the Irish Times in a mail sent to other senior civil servants.
The minister says she has no choice but to appeal the findings in court.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
As recently as June this year, the government was exploring this as a possibility.
The Taoiseach says the Data Commissioner has declined to meet with Minister Doherty.
A long-awaited probe into the legality of the card was published this evening.
The Taoiseach confirmed that the government has yet to file any court documents appealing findings by the Data Protection Commissioner.
It’s a saga that has been rumbling on for years – but what exactly is it all about?
The decision was made in March 2018 to not make the controversial card mandatory for a driving test.
The breach, which occurred last year, affected 64 medical card holders.
The Data Protection Commissioner reject Government claims that making the card a requirement for services was lawful.
The Data Protection Commissioner has found that there is no lawful basis for retaining information from PSC applications.
The National Driver’s Licence Service says that having a PSC “simplifies” the process of application.
The Data Protection Commissioner’s long-awaited report has huge implications for the controversial card.
It comes after an individual made a complaint about the repeated requests to provide information to claim child benefit.
The Department of Social Protection says a “decision will made” once the full report becomes available.
The decision comes after the High Court referred a number of questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The Data Protection Commissioner has launched a statutory inquiry into Facebook’s password storage breach.
The breach resulted in names, contact information, and financial details being compromised.
Minister Regina Doherty clashed with Mick Wallace over the Public Services Card earlier this week.
Candidates’ email addresses were accidentally shared with other jobseekers.
Facebook is said to be planning to integrate its various message platforms, but the Data Protection Commissioner wants clarity.
The group intends to appeal this decision to the Office of the Information Commissioner.
On Friday, Facebook reported that up to 50 million accounts were breached in a security flaw.
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.
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.
The special report on the hospitals sector was carried out in 20 Irish hospitals.
Junior Minister Michael D’Arcy said young people are choosing to pay higher premiums rather than have the devices installed in their cars.
The Data Protection Commissioner has released details of its 2017 investigations.
Eamon O’Mordha & Company was digging up information for insurance company clients.
The details of the case were outlined Data Protection Commissioner’s annual report, published today.
A new Data Protection Act has to be in place before the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live in May – but the Irish state seems in no mood to align itself with Europe on the issue.
The woman had requested access to her own citizen’s data file under freedom of information.
The file of local man John Cash was contained in a briefcase stolen from a car park in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in 2014.
The warning comes after UK watchdog Which? investigated a number of toys on the market.
The Data Protection Commissioner has issued guidelines for shops using people’s email addresses for marketing purposes.
The appeal concerned an infamous appearance by Shatter and Wexford TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time in 2013.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
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