Latest Irish Data Protection Commission News

Business 19 June 2023

Google’s Bard launch in EU blocked after Irish data watchdog opposition: report

Irish Data Protection Commission forced Google to push back its plans, stating that it did not give sufficient notice and failed to provide “any detailed briefing nor sight of a data protection impact assessment.”

Business 30 November 2022

More bad news for Meta as Irish DPC imposes €265M fine over GDPR violations

The Irish Data Protection Commission assessed Facebook search, FB messenger contact importer, and Insta contact importer tool and found that they violated compliance with GDPR’s obligations for data protection and design by default.