Tag: Ireland
Ireland Looks To Enforce Confidentiality For Data Protection Procedures
The Irish government made an addition to a bill that permits the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to classify their procedures as confidential.
According to...
Is Ireland Too Economically Dependent On Big Tech To Regulate It...
By Stephen Beard, Marketplace
A long-simmering row between Ireland and the European Union over the regulation of Big Tech has just boiled over amid allegations...
Ireland’s Competition Watchdog Clears AIB/Ulster €5.7B Bank Deal
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), Ireland's competition watchdog, has cleared AIB’s acquisition of Ulster Bank’s tracker mortgages.
The mortgage portfolio is valued at...
Ireland Fines Meta $414 Million Over Targeted Ads Using EU GDPR
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta over $400 million Wednesday after finding its Facebook and Instagram services breached EU privacy rules, reported The New...
Irish Regulator Submits Draft Decision In Facebook Data Breach
Taking the next step in its inquiry into a data breach of Meta’s Facebook platform, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has submitted a draft decision...
Irish Insurers Offer Opening Up Data Platform In EU Antitrust Case
Irish insurers' association Insurance Ireland has offered to open up its data sharing platform to non-members and apply fair criteria to access it in...
Ireland Seeks To Give Competition Regulator More Powers
Ireland's Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar will next week bring new legislation to Cabinet which will give the National Consumer Competition Commission...
WhatsApp Fined €225M By Ireland Over Privacy
Facebook's WhatsApp was fined a record €225 million (US$266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday, September 2, after the EU privacy watchdog pressured...
EU Tells Ireland WhatsApp Privacy Case Must Be Decided In A...
EU privacy watchdog EDPB gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by Facebook's WhatsApp after its...
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission Begins Inquiry Into Facebook
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced last week that it has started an inquiry into Facebook regarding a possible contravention of European privacy regulations,...