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Gardai and Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022

An Garda Siochana and the Fastway delivery firm are among the organisations that were reprimanded over data breaches, according to a watchdog’s annual report. Gardai reported a breach to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) involving the names and ...

07 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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How to check if you are one of the 1.5 million Irish users involved in Facebook's data leak

Over the weekend, personal data of upwards of 533 million worldwide Facebook users - including an estimated 1.5 million Irish users - was published online. The information included phone numbers, Facebook IDs, names, locations, birthdates, and ...

06 Apr 2021 at 17:47

National News

WhatsApp challenges €225 million fine by Ireland’s data protection watchdog

WhatsApp has issued legal proceedings challenging the €225m fine it was hit with by Ireland’s data watchdog for breaching privacy regulations. The penalty, which was announced earlier this month, was the largest ever handed down by the Data ...

16 Sept 2021 at 17:15

National News

LinkedIn fined 310 million euros by Data Protection Commission

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined networking site LinkedIn 310 million euros and ordered it to bring its data processing into compliance with EU law following a probe into how it deals with users’ data. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) ...

24 Oct 2024 at 14:40

National News

TikTok fined 530 million euro by Ireland’s watchdog

Irish data protection authorities have fined TikTok 530 million euro for transferring the European users’ personal data to China, following a long investigation. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it examined the lawfulness ...

02 May 2025 at 11:45

National News

Data watchdog to investigate X’s Grok AI tool

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has begun an investigation into the Grok artificial intelligence model on the X social media platform. The inquiry will examine the processing of personal data in publicly accessible posts on ...

11 Apr 2025 at 16:42

National News

Mother tells RTÉ of shock of finding out Dept of Health had 'secret' dossier on her and son

A mother and her autistic son who discovered that the Department of Health had been keeping a secret dossier on them have told RTÉ Investigates they have never had an apology despite the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) ruling this ...

28 Sept 2023 at 09:45

National News

NHS trusts passed on private patient information to Facebook – report

NHS trusts shared the private information of patients with Facebook, an investigation by The Observer has revealed. A probe by the newspaper found a covert tracking tool was being used by the websites of 20 NHS trusts to collect ...

28 May 2023 at 06:53

National News

Irish watchdog welcomes suspension of processing X posts for AI training

Ireland’s data watchdog has welcomed social media site X’s decision to suspend processing its user posts to train an AI chatbot. The regulator said the site, owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, had agreed to suspend processing ...

08 Aug 2024 at 17:42

National News

Ireland’s data watchdog issues Instagram with 405 million euro fine

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has made a decision to fine Instagram 405 million euro over the way in which it handled teenagers’ personal data – the largest fine the authority has ever issued. Instagram’s parent company ...

05 Sept 2022 at 19:41

National News

Ireland to get two new data protection commissioners

Two new data protection commissioners are to be appointed to help tackle the “increased working burden and investigative complexity” faced by Ireland’s data watchdog. The current commissioner Helen Dixon is to be appointed ...

27 Jul 2022 at 18:11

Facebook owner fined record 1.2bn euro for GDPR breach

National News

Facebook owner fined record €1.2 bill for GDPR breach

Facebook owner Meta has been fined 1.2 billion euro (£1 billion) and was ordered to stop transferring user data from European users to its US servers. The record fine was levied by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission ...

22 May 2023 at 12:47

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