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Irish Data Protection Commission fines TikTok €530 million and orders corrective measures following Inquiry into transfers of EEA User Data to China

02nd May 2025
The Irish Data Protection Commission has today announced its final decision following an Inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited (“TikTok”). ...
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Data Protection Commission Announces commencement of inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC)

11th April 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the commencement of an inquiry into the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts posted on the ‘X’ social media platform by EU/EEA users, for the purposes of training generative artificial intelligence models, in particular the Grok Large Language Models (LLMs). ...
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The DPC's handling of Subject Access Requests

07th March 2025
The DPC is mandated to handle complaints from individuals, including requests for access to personal data (Article 15 GDPR). Article 15 GDPR contains a general obligation that firstly requires an organisation to confirm whether or not the individual’s personal data is undergoing processing. ...
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Launch of coordinated enforcement action on the right to erasure

05th March 2025
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is pleased to announce its participation in the European Data Protection Board’s 2025 Coordinated Enforcement Framework (CEF). ...
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Irish Data Protection Commission submits Article 60 draft decision on inquiry into TikTok

24th February 2025
The Data Protection Commission submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited (TikTok) to other concerned supervisory authorities across the EU/EEA on Friday, 21 February 2025. ...
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