Just 15% of Irish firms 'fully compliant' with GDPR Just 15% of businesses here say they are fully compliant with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules. Business • 17 Jul
WhatsApp fined €5.5m by Irish data watchdog Messaging app WhatsApp has been fined €5.5m by the Irish Data Protection Commission for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Business • 19 Jan 23
EU monitoring over Irish data 'appropriate' - Ombudsman The EU Ombudsman has concluded an investigation into the European Commission's monitoring of the application of data protection rules in Ireland. Business • 20 Dec 22
Twitter fined €450,000 by Data Protection Commission Twitter has been fined €450,000 by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for its handling of a data breach last year. Business • 15 Dec 20
The Facebook data privacy case - all you need to know Tomorrow morning the European Court of Justice will announce its ruling on a long-running dispute around the protections given to our online data. The case … Business • 15 Jul 20
Schrems calls on EU authorities to get DPC to speed up Privacy activist Max Schrems has called on the European authorities to push the Irish regulator to speed up its handling of cases he has brought … Business • 25 May 20
Commissioner says US firms may have breached GDPR The Data Protection Commissioner has told a US Senate Committee that her office has reason to believe that US technology firms may have breached the … technology • 01 May 19
Surge in number of data breaches reported in 2018 The number of data breaches reported to the Data Protection Commission soared by 70% last year, as new data protection rules were introduced across Europe, … Ireland • 28 Feb 19
Over 95,000 data breach complaints since GDPR kicked in Europe's data protection regulators have received more than 95,000 complaints about possible data breaches, eight months after the adoption of a landmark EU privacy law, … Business • 25 Jan 19
88% of firms confident on GDPR obligations A new report shows that 88% of Irish businesses are confident they have correctly interpreted their General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) obligations. Business • 26 Nov 18
People warned to be aware of bogus GDPR emails People have been warned to exercise caution with emails from companies regarding data protection legislation that comes into effect from Friday. Ireland • 23 May 18
Privacy issues emerge as big business risk for Facebook Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May. Business • 20 Mar 18
One third of directors concerned about the cost of GDPR 32% of company directors say their organisation only began preparing for the new General Data Protection Regulation in the last three months. Business • 26 Feb 18
