Archive
4 December 2024
FTC acts against RTB company Mobilewalla
Following ICCL led submission with Open Markets and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, the U.S. FTC acts against RTB firm Mobilewalla...
19 November 2024
Enforce’s recommendations to Ursula von der Leyen on Tech
Practical steps to rapidly harness Europe’s legal toolkit to confront Tech published today by President von der Leyen’s own CDU Party’s think tank....
8 November 2024
Submission to the European Commission on the establishment of the Scientific Panel under the EU AI Act
8 November 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the European Commission on the Draft Implementing Act establishing the Scientific Panel under the EU AI Act. In our letter in...
3 October 2024
Australia’s hidden security crisis
How data about Australian defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors....
25 September 2024
To scale Europe’s SMEs and startups, enforce EU Law against giant Chinese and US tech firms
Dr Johnny Ryan appeared before the European Parliament’s European People’s Party hearing of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on competitiveness and digital sovereignty. ...
24 September 2024
The hazard of industry influence on the independent scientific panel
24 September 2024 ICCL Enforce has written to the European Commission to carefully scrutinise the candidates for the scientific panel to be established under the EU AI Act. AI companies...
17 July 2024
Submission to the Irish Government on AI Act Implementation
17 July 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the Irish government on the national implementation of the EU AI Act. By 2 August 2025, the Irish government will...
29 May 2024
Irish Big Tech enforcement in 2023
Analysis of DPC’s 2023 Annual Report highlights problems in Big Tech enforcement up to end of 2023...
13 May 2024
The UK Competition Authority Should Investigate the AI Partnerships now
13 May 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the CMA, the UK’s competition authority, on three AI partnerships: Microsoft/Inflection, Microsoft/Mistral, and Amazon/Anthropic....
30 April 2024
Submission to the European Commission on dual-use R&D funding
30 April 2024 ICCL Enforce wrote to the European Commission to keep funding for civil applications and defence applications separate, and not to normalise military research at academic institutions. Open...
24 April 2024
The Six Horsemen of the Digital Apocalypse
The six Grand Challenges in digital that face the next European Commission, and what to do about them....
9 April 2024
New manifesto for Europe
A roadmap for reimagining the mission, structure, and powers of the European Commission and European Parliament to restore freedom, opportunity, and prosperity to all its citizens by reining in and...
11 March 2024
ICCL Enforce Urges European Commission to Address Concentration in AI
11 March 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the European Commission’s call for contributions on competition in generative AI. This follows our...
7 March 2024
European Court of Justice finds IAB Europe responsible for “TCF” consent spam popups across the Internet
Europe’s top court rules that IAB Europe is responsible under the GDPR for the “TCF” consent spam popups that appear on almost every website....
5 March 2024
Europe should follow Africa’s lead on tech and elections
Thierry Breton urged to follow Africa’s lead with clear and concrete protections from tech for voters during elections....
14 February 2024
Tech companies will not save our kids: ICCL speaks at Oireachtas Children’s Committee
Dr Johnny Ryan and Dr Kris Shrishak speak at Oireachtas (Irish Parliament and Senate) committee on recommender systems, A.I. and children’s safety....
13 February 2024
ICCL and DRI present to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023
13 February 2024 ICCL Senior Policy Officer Olga Cronin, along with our colleagues at Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the Draft General...
2 February 2024
Submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
2 February 2024 Earlier this week, ICCL along with a diverse group of organisations made a submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry. The submission builds on our...
31 January 2024
More than 60 organisations urge strong action by Coimisiún na Meán on “recommender system” algorithms
Together, we present evidence of harms, and urge robust action Coimisiún na Meán’s draft Code for video platforms....
22 January 2024
82% of the Irish public wants Big Tech’s toxic algorithms switched off
Strong support for Coimisiún na Meán new rules that algorithms based on intimate profiling of people’s sexual desires, political and religious views, health conditions and or ethnicity must be turned...
9 January 2024
Submission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
9 January 2024 Along with a coalition of civil society organisations, ICCL has submitted comments in response to the UK’s competition authority’s Microsoft-OpenAI merger enquiry. Microsoft’s investments in OpenAI and...
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 December 2023
Product Liability Directive: A lost opportunity for the EU
14 December 2023A political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Product Liability Directive was reached today. The European Commission had proposed the updated...
29 November 2023
ICCL recommendations in European Parliament text on the Health Data Space
29 November 2023Following months of negotiations, the lead committees in the European Parliament voted on a compromise text of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) yesterday. This draft text will...
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....
6 November 2023
Ombudsman: European Commission’s concealment of secret ‘expert list’ on CSAM regulation constitutes ‘maladministration’
6 November 2023 In response to a request for documents pertaining to the decision-making behind the proposed CSAM regulation, the European Commission failed to disclose a list of companies who...
1 November 2023
Leading experts warn against Garda use of FRT
Use of the “toxic” tool would result in a “massive step change” in police surveillance in Ireland Speaking at the Policing Surveillance conference in Dublin, hosted by the Irish Council...
25 October 2023
ICCL submission on G7 generative AI consultation
25 October 2023The European Commission launched a one-week consultation on 13 October 2023 to gather views on G7 guiding principles on generative AI. These principles will result in a code...
24 October 2023
Flaws in the European Commission’s plan to fix GDPR procedures
ICCL has prepared amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for procedural harmonisation on cross-border GDPR enforcement....
28 September 2023
Government urged to ensure no appearance of conflict of interest in selection of new leaders of the Irish Data Protection Commission
Given the special sensitivities of the DPC’s supervision of public bodies and major tech firms, it is especially important that the Public Appointments Service and Top Level Appointments Committee make...
7 September 2023
Brussels Markets Court rejects IAB Europe’s request to immediately suspend enforcement
Brussels Markets Court rejects IAB Europe’s request to immediately suspend enforcement against its GDPR infringements. The Court will rule on the merits after the CJEU rules....
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....
28 August 2023
Statement on High Court decision on DPC failure to investigate Google’s RTB data breach
When the Data Protection Commission fails for five years to start an investigation in the biggest data breach in history, even though that breach continues, there are significant issues that...
21 July 2023
ICCL v DPC at High Court in Ireland over DPC refusal to investigate Google’s RTB data breach
Next week The Irish High Court will hear a case taken by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) against the Data Protection Commission (DPC). ICCL alleges that the DPC...
26 June 2023
Last-minute Government amendment seeks to muzzle DPC critics
ICCL calls on all parties in the Dáil to challenge this amendment when it comes before them for final debate....
19 June 2023
Legal opinion: GDPR complainants’ rights as full parties to procedure
ICCL brings new complaint against the European Commission to the EU Ombudsman for 56 month GDPR monitoring data deficit...
14 June 2023
ICCL welcomes AI Act vote in European Parliament
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the outcome of today’s plenary vote in the European Parliament on the EU’s draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The vote establishes the...
12 June 2023
ICCL recommendations in European Commission’s AI standardisation request
12 June 2023The European Commission sent a request to European standard-setting bodies on 22 May 2023[1] for technical standards related to the requirements for high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems in...
23 May 2023
Statement on remarks by Data Protection Commissioner on RTE Six One News on 22 May 2023
ICCL responds to statement made on television news by Data Protection Commissioner...
15 May 2023
EU Big Tech enforcement reaches crisis point ahead of 5-year anniversary, says new ICCL data
Irish Data Protection Commission repeatedly overruled by EU colleagues, who demand tougher Big Tech sanctions...
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....
11 May 2023
European Parliament strengthens protection of citizens’ fundamental rights in AI Act vote
The draft legislation recognises the significant risks posed by facial recognition technology...
10 May 2023
ICCL recommendations in important European Parliament text on the AI Act
10 May 2023After nearly a year of negotiations, the lead committees in the European Parliament have settled on a compromise text of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the EU’s regulation...
26 April 2023
New ICCL complaint against European Commission at EU Ombudsman
ICCL brings new complaint against the European Commission to the EU Ombudsman for 56 month GDPR monitoring data deficit...
17 April 2023
Lessons of EU tech regulation shared with Australian Senate
Lessons of EU’s Big Tech enforcement failure shared with Australian Senate inquiry by ICCL...
22 March 2023
Problems with the secondary use of health data in the European Health Data Space
The proposed European Health Data Space has two problems related to the secondary use of health data. It is not specific about the legal basis and it allows for a...
31 January 2023
Europe-wide overhaul of GDPR monitoring triggered by ICCL
Following action by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), the European Commission will start regularly checking the progress of all “large-scale” cases across the EU....
20 December 2022
EU Ombudsman’s decision
After a year-long inquiry, the EU Ombudsman recommends that the European Commission should monitor stages of progress in every Big Tech case that the Irish Data Protection Commission is responsible...
14 December 2022
EUs AI Liability regime should apply strict liability
ICCL makes two recommendations to better protect the victims when they are harmed by AI systems: hold companies liable regardless of the intent and fault; and provide clarity on how...
21 November 2022
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering new privacy rules to protect Internet users against tracking. The ICCL/Open Markets/TACD submission reveals the impact of tracking-based online advertising to...
2 November 2022
Unsealed court documents reveal data anarchy at Meta
ICCL letter to European Commission highlights new material about Meta’s internal data systems, and how Meta infringes the DMA & GDPR....
4 October 2022
New liability rules on product and AI are encouraging but need improvement
Updated product liability and AI liability rules are a step in the right direction. But they don’t go far enough....
16 May 2022
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe
New report: the $127 billion “Real-Time Bidding” online ad industry tracks & shares what people view online, and their locations, 178 Trillion times a year in the U.S. & Europe....
5 May 2022
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...
8 March 2022
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....
15 February 2022
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...
1 February 2022
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...
21 October 2021
Sustainability without surveillance
New report: Tracking-based online advertising imperils fundamental rights and publisher sustainability by diverting data and revenue from publishers....
13 September 2021
Europe’s enforcement paralysis: ICCL’s 2021 GDPR report
New insights in to GDPR enforcers across the EU reveal that Europe is unable to police how big tech firms use people’s data....
4 August 2020
Dr Johnny Ryan
PhotosVideoBiographyRecent mediaDr Johnny Ryan FRHistS is the Director of Enforce, and an Enforce Senior Fellow. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Open Markets Institute. Previously, Dr Ryan held...
1 January 1980
Katarzyna Szymielewicz
Katarzyna Szymielewicz is a Senior Advisor at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and the President and co-founder of the Panoptykon Foundation (Fundacja Panoptykon), a highly regarded non-profit organisation based...
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