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Data Protection Commission opens statutory inquiry into Facebook

17th December 2018
The Data Protection Commission has received a number of breach notifications from Facebook since the introduction of the GDPR on 25 May  2018. ...
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Data Processing Operations that require a Data Protection Impact Assessment

15th November 2018
The Data Protection Commission has published ...
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Data Protection Commission welcomes significant increased funding of €3.5 million in 2019 Budget

09th October 2018
Total 2019 funding increased by €3.5 million to €15.2 million Additional funding critical to continuing to build the DPC's capacity as an internationally respected, professional and effective supervisory authority ...
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Facebook Data Breach – Commencement of Investigation

03rd October 2018
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today, 3 October 2018, commenced an investigation under Section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018 into the Facebook data breach for which notification was received by the DPC on Friday 28 September. ...
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Statement from the Data Protection Commission on Google and the use of location data

23rd August 2018
DPC Ireland notes the media reports in relation to Google and location data. For clarity, DPC Ireland, in the immediate aftermath (on the 15th August) of the publication of the Associated Press story, raised a number of questions with Google in relation to those issues and required an urgent response. Google has committed to a response in the coming days. ...
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