6 May 2022 ICCL has lodged a follow-up complaint about An Post GeoDirectory, which is selling personal data about 2.2 million Irish households. We found that GeoDirectory was using data gathered by An Post delivery people in the data packages …
European Parliament embraces ICCL recommendations on the Artificial Intelligence Act
5 May 2022In April 2021, the European Commission proposed a landmark law to govern artificial intelligence. The “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act” is intended to protect fundamental rights when AI systems are used. This Regulation is a world-first, and is likely …
ICCL reveals that the An Post & OSI company “GeoDirectory” uses Census data to profile every Irish home, for sale to data brokers and insurance companies. ICCL has lodged a complaint with the DPC
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) reveals that An Post & OSI use Census data to profile every Irish home and sell ‘location intelligence’ to data brokers and insurance companies. ICCL has lodged a complaint with the DPC.
An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland are selling intimate personal data about all of us
3 May 2022 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has revealed that An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland’s GeoDirectory is selling incredibly personal information, such as social class and family status, about us to companies such as Experian and …
Privacy and competition leaders sign emergency ICCL letter to fix the EU Digital Markets Act
ICCL draws together competition & privacy leaders to urge EU co-legislators to correct the EU Digital Markets Act in an emergency letter this morning.
Remarks by Johnny Ryan at the CRA “Disrupted Times” Conference in Brussels
4 April 2022 Dr Johnny Ryan of ICCL spoke at a gathering of global antitrust regulators and experts on 31 March in Brussels. He set out two challenges for the European Commission: First, use the tools in the GDPR to analyse …
ICCL sues DPC over failure to act on massive Google data breach
The DPC failed to act on a complaint against Google’s huge RTB data breach. Now, over 3 years later, ICCL is taking the DPC to court to compel it to finally act.
Technical errors in the AI Act
ICCL is working with European Parliament Members to fix a new EU law intended to constrain Big Tech’s power.
ICCL seeks independent review of Data Protection Commission
ICCL welcomes the appointment of two additional Data Protection Commissioners, but insists on the need for an independent review.
Flaws in ex-post enforcement in the AI Act
Product liability for AI should ensure that fundamental rights of natural persons are protected and, when natural persons are harmed, they can access compensation as easily as possible. The burden of proof should not be on the injured person.
Demand to global brand CEOs: stop unlawful consent spam and delete the data
ICCL & EPIC write to CEOs of P&G, Unilever, AT&T, BoA, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, IBM, and Mastercard, demanding they stop consent spam and delete data.
GDPR enforcers rule that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful
EU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google’s, Amazon’s and Microsoft’s online advertising businesses.
Recommendations on A.I. liability
Product liability for AI should ensure that fundamental rights of natural persons are protected and, when natural persons are harmed, they can access compensation as easily as possible. The burden of proof should not be on the injured person.
IAB Europe can’t audit what 1000+ companies that use its TCF system do with our personal data
Thanks to Dr Panos Papadopoulos, Dr Krzysztof Franaszek, Zach Edwards, Dr Augustine Fou, Pete Snyder for their insights. Any mistakes are my own. 20 January 2022 This note describes why IAB Europe’s new “vendor compliance programme” is unable to establish transparency …
Reply to European Commissioner Reynders about failure to act on the GDPR
ICCL replies to Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, about the Commission’s failure to act against GDPR enforcement failure.The European Commission has failed to diligently monitor the application of the GDPR, and to intervene to see that the law is …
Fixing a flaw in the EU Digital Markets Act
ICCL is working with European Parliament Members to fix a new EU law intended to constrain Big Tech’s power.
ICCL launches European Ombudsman complaint against European Commission’s failure to take Ireland to court over the GDPR.
ICCL has launched a formal complaint against the European Commission before the European Ombudsman. The Commission has failed to monitor the application of the GDPR, and to intervene against Ireland’s failure to properly apply the law.
Tracking-industry body IAB Europe told that it has infringed the GDPR, and its “consent” pop-ups used by Google and other tech firms are unlawful.
Google and the entire tracking industry relies on IAB Europe’s consent system, which has now been found to be illegal. Update: final decision published on 2 February 2022. See note. 5 November 2021. We have won. The online advertising industry and its …
A serious loophole in Europe’s draft AI Regulation?
The forthcoming AI Act will regulate high-risk AI. But ICCL fears its scope is too narrow to protect our rights.27 October 2021 ICCL has alerted the European Parliament to serious loopholes in the draft EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation, and recommended …
Sustainability without surveillance
New report: Tracking-based online advertising imperils fundamental rights and publisher sustainability by diverting data and revenue from publishers.