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DPC publishes final version of Children’s “Fundamentals”

17th December 2021
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today published the final version of its guidance “Children Front and Centre: Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing” (the Fundamentals). ...
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DPC welcomes resolution of proceedings relating to the Public Services Card

10th December 2021
Legal proceedings in which the Department of Social Protection appealed against an Enforcement Notice issued by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in relation to the Department’s processing of personal data when issuing Public Services Cards (PSC) have been resolved. The Data Protection Commission welcomes the resolution of the proceedings. ...
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Irish DPC submits Article 60 draft decision on inquiry into Instagram

07th December 2021
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into Instagram to other Concerned Supervisory Authorities across the EU on Friday last, December 3rd. This inquiry was commenced in September 2020 and it examined certain processing of the personal data of children by Facebook Ireland Limited in the context of the “Instagram” social networking service. ...
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Statement from DPC regarding allegations made in media publications on 05 and 06 and 07 December

07th December 2021
There has been considerable media coverage in recent days, alleging that the Data Protection Commission (DPC), acting in bad faith on foot of meetings it held with Facebook as part of its regulatory role, “lobbied” the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) with a view to achieving the adoption of guidelines by the EDPB on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (‘necessity for the performance of a contract’), in ...
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DPO enforcement programme – an additional 170 organisations brought into compliance

26th November 2021
The Data Protection Commission has successfully completed the most recent stage in its Data Protection Officer (DPO) enforcement programme, aimed at improving compliance with Article 37 of the GDPR. ...
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