Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Ireland.
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 Republic of Ireland has finally agreed to sign the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development‘s plans to create fair tax laws that prevent big tech from evading taxes by headquartering in low-tax countries. Irish and Dutch tax law has a number of loopholes that allow Apple, Amaz... Read more
3 years ago
The Irish Finance Minister wants a clear indication from the U.S. Congress before agreeing. Ireland wants a proposed global minimum tax rate of 15 percent on corporate profits to be a ceiling, not a floor. Senior Irish officials told POLITICO that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and De... Read more
3 years ago
In Emmanuel Macron’s first visit to Ireland since entering office, he'll meet Irish President Michael Higgins and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin to discuss Afghanistan, Brexit, and taxation. Higgins and Macron will have common ground to start talks on taxation, having stood up to Boris Johnson o... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union backs the sanctions set by national privacy watchdogs on Facebook, Google, and Twitter. These corporations will now be answerable about their privacy legislation to the EU authorities. Silicon Valley giants are all set to face more scrutiny, and strict sanctions after the EU's... 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
The Irish government has taken the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) IT systems offline following a cyber attack. With this, the authority is trying to prevent further damage. With HSE systems down, it is expected that several hospitals will encounter problems, although the full extent of t... Read more
3 years ago
The Administration's global tax proposal could make Ireland less attractive for US tech giants. Over the past few decades, Ireland has been able to attract huge investment from US tech firms by offering very favorable corporate tax rates. These sweetheart tax deals have allowed major US firms to... Read more
3 years ago
Since the introduction of the GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission has been swamped with work to enforce the regulations. However, due to the abundance of cases to investigate, privacy authorities are said to be too slow to act on violations. With many tech giants deciding to locate their ... 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
