Data Protection Commission launches Statutory Inquiry into Google’s processing of location data and transparency surrounding that processing
04th February 2020
Know Your Data- Data Protection and Elections
30th January 2020
In this episode of Know Your Data we look at what are your data protection rights as a voter.
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Opinions - Everyone’s got one, but does data protection law apply to them?
24th January 2020
Something that the Data Protection Commission (DPC) comes across from time to time are disputes over ‘opinions’ about a person that have been recorded or used in some way.
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Data Protection on the Campaign Trail
21st January 2020
The posters are up and the campaign is in full swing for the general election. In this blog we’re going to run through how and why data protection is important in the context of an election and canvassing, the rights voters have, and the obligations on campaigners.
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Guidance on Body Worn Cameras or Action Cameras
10th January 2020
The use of body worn cameras and similar devices has been growing in both scale and variety over the last number of years. They have numerous potential applications including recreation, security, and journalism, to name a few. Wearable technologies such as body worn cameras pose a particular challenge from a data protection perspective due to their mobile nature.
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DPC statement on AG opinion on case # C-311/18 CJEU
19th December 2019
The DPC welcomes the publication of the AG’s opinion on case # C-311/18 CJEU. The opinion illustrates the levels of complexity associated with the kinds of issues that arise when EU data protection laws interact with the laws of third countries, to include the laws of the United States.
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Guidelines 5/2019 on the criteria of the Right to be Forgotten in the search engines cases under the GDPR (part 1)
11th December 2019
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) welcomes comments on the Guidelines 5/2019 on the criteria of the Right to be Forgotten in the search engines cases under the GDPR (part 1).
Comments should be sent to the EDPB by February 5th 2020 at the latest.
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Does the GDPR really say that? Festive Edition
09th December 2019
Letter writing, Christmas marketing emails and online shopping – Christmas time is here and with it comes more rumours that the GDPR is ruining the festivities.
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Public Consultation on the DPC’s Regulatory Strategy 2020-2025 – Consultation on Target Outcomes
04th December 2019
We are currently preparing our new Regulatory Strategy, to cover the period from 2020 to 2025. We want our new strategy to ensure that we regulate with clear purpose – clear to the people whose rights we safeguard, clear to the organisations that we regulate, and clear to ourselves and our fellow regulators.
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The DPC’s take on digital assistants
02nd December 2019
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) attended the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment in November 2019 to discuss the topical issue of digital assistants, which in the run up to Christmas may be of particular interest to the public.
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