Why the EU’s plan to access our phones and data is daft
The ideas behind ProtectEU may be noble but the potential for unintended consequences is huge
Data Privacy
ICCL brings High Court action against Microsoft over alleged data breaches
Civil liberties group claims Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd is infringing GDPR rules
How businesses can help protect themselves from cyber attack
The bad guys will probably get in, so it’s a good idea to have a resilience plan in place for when they do
TikTok fined €530m by Irish data protection watchdog
Issue centres on transfer of European users’ personal data to China
Facial recognition: Work on law to introduce technology ‘well advanced’, says Minister
Law will allow only retrospective use initially, Minister for Justice says
Ryan Tubridy and agent Noel Kelly seek RTÉ files on 2023 crisis at a cost of €100,000 to broadcaster
Data access requests have already cost the broadcaster more than €100,000 as it worries about potential for fresh controversy
How to lower the risk of someone stealing the precious data on your phone
Having your phone stolen is bad, but having the data on it misused can be even worse. You should know how to keep both as safe as possible
Meta to begin using public Facebook, Instagram data to train AI in Europe
Company paused plans last year after a request from Data Protection Commissioner
Oracle’s embarrassingly inept response to huge data breaches has made a bad situation far worse
Tech giant facing mounting criticism after display of PR bungling that would make the 1990s blush
Microsoft president Brad Smith: ‘Our support for Ireland is steadfast’
Microsoft president Brad Smith says the company, which is celebrating 50 years since it was founded, and 40 years in Ireland, is as committed to the country as it was in the 1980s
Trump could trigger a budgetary crisis in Ireland with a pen stroke. We need a plan
Right now we are stuck between the rock of American tech and a European hard place. Ireland’s best option is to promote a vision for a less bureaucratic, streamlined, European single market
Israeli decryption device used by gardaí to show man murdered wife
Cellebrite device is also widely used by Israeli military
Abusers using data protection law to get details on victims
Charity accuses Tusla of giving sensitive information to alleged abuser, saying data rules are ‘unsafe’
Ireland’s EU commissioner snubs offer to meet top Meta executive
Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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