European court dismisses Irish watchdog’s case against EU data board
Ruling likely to fuel further criticism of Data Protection Commission’s enforcement of GDPR against US tech companies
European Data Protection Board
Disputes among national watchdogs over Big Tech fines are ‘no problem’ - Europe’s chief data regulator
Anu Talus, the Finnish chair of the European Data Protection Board, the central body of national regulators overseeing EU data privacy laws, defends opposition to Irish watchdog’s fines
TikTok ruling raises more questions about Chinese company’s safety standards
Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s €345 million fine of TikTok shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators
Digital rights group wants court to order regulator to fully investigate claims against Meta
Group complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPR
Why did the Irish data regulator not want to fine Meta?
Data Protection Commissioner initially planned not to fine Meta for data breaches but fines are arguably the most dissuasive tool in the GDPR toolkit
Ireland really did not want Meta’s €1.2bn. There are good reasons why
Data Protection Commission appears to interpret its mandate in a way that is sympathetic to the companies it regulates
Have EU laws to protect our privacy online worked?
With fewer than 30 fines handed out, Ireland doesn’t even crack the top 10, but advocates say the laws have had positive effects
Meta headline obscures a deeper conflict
Ireland’s data protection watchdog again has to be forced into tougher measures against Big Tech wrongdoing
Irish watchdog opposed €1.2bn Meta fine, saying it would have no ‘meaningful dissuasive effect’
Case centres on Facebook’s transfers of personal data to the US in defiance of EU law
Meta fine indicates EU losing patience, say data privacy campaigners
Order to delete data processed and stored unlawfully in US could be more problematic for Facebook owner than fine of €1.2bn
Three-quarters of Irish data watchdog’s data privacy decisions since 2018 overruled – report
Meta, Google, Airbnb, Yahoo!, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and Tinder account for 87^% of cross-border GDPR complaints to Ireland’s DPC
Twitter ruling due as data watchdog rues decision process
Helen Dixon tells Web Summit of difficulties in making decision on Twitter data breach
Irish regulator will oversee Google’s European GDPR compliance
Data Protection Commissioner now responsible for ensuring both search giant and Facebook are compliant on data privacy
Fit for purpose? Can the data regulator handle GDPR
Helen Dixon says her office needs to at least double to cope with its expected workload
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