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The DPC marks five years of the GDPR

25th May 2023

It is five years today since the coming into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and to mark the occasion the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has created a podcast discussing our work in the area of children's data protection rights and translated the executive summary of our Annual Report 2022 into four other languages.    ...

Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of inquiry into WhatsApp

19th January 2023

The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) has today announced the conclusion of an inquiry into the processing carried out by WhatsApp Ireland Limited (“WhatsApp Ireland”) in connection with the delivery of its WhatsApp service, in which it has fined WhatsApp Ireland €5.5 million (for breaches of the GDPR relating to its service). ...

Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of two inquiries into Meta Ireland

04th January 2023

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the conclusion of two inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”) in connection with the delivery of its Facebook and Instagram services. (Meta Ireland was previously known as Facebook Ireland Limited). ...

Data Protection Commission launches inquiry into Twitter concerning datasets

23rd December 2022

The Data Protection Commission (‘the DPC’) today launched an own-volition inquiry pursuant to section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’) in relation to multiple international media reports, which highlighted that one or more collated datasets of Twitter user personal data had been made available on the internet. ...