Data privacy

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, but not everyone is sure that is a good thing

Wishful thinking amid quite a palaver

Up to 40% of victims never report crime

New in-car recording systems are designed to help provide real-world safety data, but there are significant privacy concerns

Outcome raises fresh questions about effectiveness of technology, which Irish and UK authorities are embracing

GrapheneOS has been around for years but is now set to come pre-installed on a Motorola smartphone

Tech giant told officials data privacy and security are ‘core values for the company’

Spreadsheet of initials, surnames, ranks and roles of 9,500 employees was released in error

Probe launched into breaches of EU digital regulations by X and Grok following recent controversy

More than 400 schools use Athena Tracker, which predicts and monitors individual capabilities

Focusing on small steps on security, data management and sustainability can make life less digitally chaotic

Tech giant says Digital Markets Act will force it to make sensitive user data available to third parties through interoperability mandate

We missed the chance to shape social media before it shaped us – with AI there will be no second bite of the cherry

European Commission research found that 97% of the most popular websites and apps with EU consumers deployed at least one sneaky sales tactic

Estate agent has said potential buyers may need to be informed their presence is being recorded

Most businesses think they are adequately protected despite low adherence to basic security measures

Institute is in receipt of one set of Circuit Court legal proceedings over attack, annual report shows

Forcing companies to create access pathways would insert vulnerabilities that could be exploited

The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good

The ideas behind ProtectEU may be noble but the potential for unintended consequences is huge

Civil liberties group claims Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd is infringing GDPR rules

The bad guys will probably get in, so it’s a good idea to have a resilience plan in place for when they do

Issue centres on transfer of European users’ personal data to China

Law will allow only retrospective use initially, Minister for Justice says

Data access requests have already cost the broadcaster more than €100,000 as it worries about potential for fresh controversy

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

Company paused plans last year after a request from Data Protection Commissioner

Tech giant facing mounting criticism after display of PR bungling that would make the 1990s blush

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

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

Cellebrite device is also widely used by Israeli military

Charity accuses Tusla of giving sensitive information to alleged abuser, saying data rules are ‘unsafe’

Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show

VW Ireland boss says ‘more conversation is needed’ around the gathering of data both technical and personal following German data breach

Much of the data on your phone is more valuable than the device itself should it get stolen

Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers

Election counts are an amateur production put on for the benefit and enjoyment of the actors rather than the audience

Report for Minister of Health recommends introduction of contract templates, key performance indicators and a unified costing framework

UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product

Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems