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# GDPR

All time
Data protection inquiries launched into Google and Tinder over GDPR concerns
4 Feb 2020
11.7k
8
Home addresses of UK Honours recipients accidentally published online
28 Dec 2019
20.3k
17
'This is f***ing insane': OPW staff emails show tensions over decision to ban visitor books from sites
24 Aug 2019
54.4k
46
'A gross violation': Asylum seekers say post is being opened without consent
4 Aug 2019
39.3k
5
Visitor books will be returned to heritage sites after data protection concerns
25 Jul 2019
9.5k
4
Data Commission says banning visitor books is a 'disproportionate approach' to data privacy
23 Jul 2019
25.5k
31
Facebook warned that ban on children's junk food ads could hurt marketing of Spotify playlists
3 Jun 2019
11.9k
20
Facebook says a ban on junk food ads for children could hurt the marketing of Spotify playlists
30 May 2019
196
1
Data Protection Commission launches investigation into Google Ireland
22 May 2019
12.2k
11
Irish data watchdog launches probe into Facebook password storage as millions left exposed
25 Apr 2019
12.5k
15
Data Protection Commission says it was 'categorically' never lobbied by Enda Kenny
4 Mar 2019
11.7k
42
'Friend of Facebook' Enda Kenny offered to lobby on company's behalf while Taoiseach, says Observer article
Updated 3 Mar 2019
43.2k
153
Data watchdog seeks urgent meeting with Facebook over plans to merge Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger
28 Jan 2019
19.7k
45
Timeline: The Public Services Card saga
Laoise Neylon
21 Jan 2019
26.2k
29
Opinion: The PSC could become the most expensive administrative error in the history of the State
Simon McGarr
21 Jan 2019
32.5k
41
Fears over publishing anonymous list of former ministers' pensions in case they were easily identifiable
15 Dec 2018
13.9k
31
Public consultation on children's data protection rights will begin next week
14 Dec 2018
6.4k
12
ESB union refusing to erase ex-members data over 'contractual obligations'
20 Sep 2018
11.6k
13
'It's Catch 22': Former members frustrated as main ESB union refuses to confirm that they've left
13 Sep 2018
21.1k
17
Department's decision to monitor social media sparks criticism from advocacy groups
Updated 27 Aug 2018
27.5k
70
13 tweets that show we're all done with GDPR already
25 May 2018
5.5k
1
Bane of Facebook uses launch of GDPR to file four court cases against social media giants
25 May 2018
29.5k
13
Some US news websites have been blocked by the new EU data law
25 May 2018
23.7k
33
Ireland has a new data protection law... just hours before the EU's bumper new regulation comes into force
24 May 2018
27.4k
25
Watch: What on earth is GDPR, and what does it mean for you?
22 May 2018
25.6k
17
Explainer: Why you've started seeing lots of 'opt-in' emails in your inbox
22 May 2018
15.4k
7
The EU's biggest data protection regulation in 30 years hits this Friday - and we want to hear your questions on it
21 May 2018
12.8k
23
WhatsApp bans under 16s from using its app in Europe
25 Apr 2018
30.3k
28
The government wants to exempt itself from the EU's new hardcore data protection rules - but why?
18 Feb 2018
35.7k
56
Facebook is making privacy settings easier to find ahead of strict new EU law
29 Jan 2018
10.7k
14
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
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