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First Ever
Class Action
in Ireland
ICCL v Microsoft class action
targets online advertising
'RTB' data breach
Pioneering litigation opens up a new opportunity to enforce the GDPR against big tech firms that use Ireland as their EU shelter
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Google sending U.S. data
to China
Enforce & EPIC file complaint and evidence
under new national security data law
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Victory
at the
European Court of Justice
Tracking industry body
found responsible
for 'consent' pop-up spam epidemic
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A huge upgrade
for the GDPR
Europe-wide overhaul
of GDPR monitoring,
triggered by ICCL
After 16 months of action by ICCL, the European Commission will now monitor progress of all big GDPR cases across the EU
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26 May 2025
ICCL secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action
Class action will target “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) data breach in Microsoft’s advertising system, and is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across the EU...
26 May 2025
Microsoft’s vast advertising business is target of ICCL Enforce application for class action launch under EU data law
Class action will target “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) data breach in Microsoft’s advertising system, and is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across the EU...
20 May 2025
Facts about the Brussels Court of Appeal judgement of 14 May 2025
Facts about the Brussels Court of Appeal judgement of 14 May 2025. Authors: Frederic Debusseré and Ruben Roex, Partners at the Brussels law firm Timelex (Counsel for the complainants in...
14 May 2025
EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis
Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet...
14 May 2025
Call on European Parliament to push for data enforcement to defend democracy
MEPs must force the Commission to press Ireland to enforce the GDPR on Big Tech...
3 April 2025
How not to deploy generative AI: the Story of the European Parliament
European Parliament buys Claude, a system that can’t accurately tell users who the first president of the European Commission is. 3 April 2025 — In October 2024, the European Parliament selected...
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Australia’s hidden security crisis
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14 December 2023
The European Commission must follow Ireland’s lead, and switch off Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
Ireland’s new enforcer, Coimisiún na Meán, has published new rules to force digital platforms to stop artificially amplifying hate, hysteria, suicide, self harm, and disinformation...
14 November 2023
Europe’s hidden security crisis
How data about European defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors....
14 November 2023
America’s hidden security crisis
How data about American defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors....
4 September 2023
Media Commission urged to switch off Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
ICCL submits evidence and recommendations to the new Media Commission. Users must be able to use a platform without being exposed to toxic algorithms....
15 May 2023
5 years: GDPR’s crisis point — ICCL’s 2023 GDPR report
Five years after the GDPR, Europe remains unable to police how Big Tech uses our data....
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