Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Ireland Data Protection Commission.
An EU privacy watchdog is concerned about the US tech giant's lack of consultation Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) told Reuters on Tuesday she was concerned that Elon Musk had launched his Twitter Blue subscription service in the region without consulting her office, despite a pledg... Read more
1 year ago
Ireland's privacy authority stated today that it would investigate a newly discovered data breach that might affect over 400 million Twitter users. The DPC, or Data Protection Commission, is already looking into the corporation for a past incident. In the latter case, which occurred in November,... Read more
1 year ago
Elon Musk's apparent need to stir up conspiracies and provide outsiders access to Twitter's systems and data could land him in trouble with watchdogs in the EU and US. Elon Musk recently granted journalists access to Twitter's data and systems, which led to the publication of articles alleging T... Read more
1 year ago
Following a €225 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission in September, WhatsApp has introduced "edits and clarifications" to its data privacy policies in Europe. The modifications aim to "clarify" and "amplify" policies for those who don't use WhatsApp, as well as clea... Read more
2 years ago
"This is not a final decision," a spokesperson for the tech giant was quick to comment. Facebook has received a “revised” preliminary decision from its lead EU privacy regulator this week. The decision could have implications for its ability to continue to export user data to the US. This i... Read more
2 years ago
The Irish Data Protection Commission lobbied for social networks to not need user consent within EU privacy rules, according to documents obtained by privacy campaigner Max Schrems’s group. The documents obtained by noyb.eu under the freedom of information law reveal that the Irish watchdog, a... Read more
2 years ago
EU officials are getting ready to fight regarding how much control companies should have over the processing of personal data after a decision targeting Facebook came out of Ireland’s privacy regulator, triggering pushback from campaigners. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said last week... Read more
3 years ago
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution calling on the European Commission to open an infringement procedure against Ireland. The procedure concerns the country’s failure to enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A landmark judicial ruling invalidated the EU... Read more
3 years ago
One of the most powerful regulators in the EU has warned that companies could face some massive transatlantic data flows, because of an EU court ruling from last year. Policymakers have taken some steps to avoid the outcome. Last July, Europe’s highest court ruled an EU-US data transfer agreem... Read more
3 years ago
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission handed down a fine of 450,000 euro to Twitter after finding that the social media platform violated the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The fine was announced on Tuesday and is notable because Twitter is the first US-based tech f... Read more
3 years ago
