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DPC announces inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited’s transfers of EEA users’ personal data to servers located in China

10th July 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced that it has opened an inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited’s (TikTok) transfers of EEA users’ personal data to servers located in China. The inquiry follows on from the DPC’s decision of 30 April 2025, which also considered TikTok’s transfers of EEA users’ personal data to China under a separate inquiry. ...
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Inquiry into City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB)

23rd June 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision (Decision) following an inquiry into a personal data breach at the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). The DPC commenced this inquiry on an own-volition basis in July 2019. ...
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Data Protection Commission publishes 2024 Annual Report

19th June 2025
The Data Protection Commission has today launched its Annual Report for 2024 and released the results of its first Public Attitudes Survey. ...
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DPC announces conclusion of investigation into use of facial matching technology in connection with the Public Services Card by the Department of Social Protection

12th June 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision following the conclusion of an inquiry into the Department of Social Protection (DSP). This inquiry, which commenced in July 2021, examined the DSP’s processing of biometric facial templates, and usage of associated facial matching technologies, as part of the registration process for the Public Services Card. ...
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Taoiseach opens the DPC’s new headquarters in Dublin

29th May 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) was delighted to invite Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD and Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, TD, to the official opening of its new headquarters in Dublin earlier today. ...
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