Reply to European Commissioner Reynders about failure to act on the GDPR

Johnny Ryan2022, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

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 …

Our thoughts on what the DPC should do over the next 5 years

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

The Irish Data Protection Commission has a plan for the next five years. Here are our thoughts. The Data Protection Commission of Ireland has invited interested parties to comment on its draft regulatory strategy for the next five years. ICCL’s response …

ICCL lawsuit takes aim at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and the entire online advertising industry

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, PRESS RELEASE, SUBMISSION

15 June 2021  Dublin – Online advertising causes the world’s biggest data breach. Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is going to court in Germany to stop it. ICCL’s lawsuit takes aim at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Verizon, AT&T, and …

Responding to Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at the Justice Committee Hearing

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

ICCL testified at the parliamentary Justice Committee about problems at the Data Protection Commission. This note responds to the Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at that hearing.See video of the full hearing17 May 2021 On 27 April ICCL testified at the …

New US Senate Bill may stop Ireland processing US data, unless Ireland acts on GDPR enforcement

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

Ireland’s digital sector threatened by a proposed requirement that data protection law must be properly enforced. This afternoon United States Senator Ron Wyden has proposed a new Bill to impose export controls on personal data about people in the US to …

Economic & Reputational Risk of the DPC’s Failure to Uphold EU Data Rights

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, SUBMISSION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ Data Protection Commission puts rights of 448 million people at risk, will make Ireland irrelevant as global tech hub, hears Oireachtas Committee  9 April 2021  In nearly 3 years since the GDPR, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) …

4 Big Questions about Google’s new privacy position

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA

This note examines Google’s planned advertising system, and highlights privacy, data protection, and competition questions.  Author: Dr Johnny Ryan  In January 2020 Google announced that it was considering a major change in how its online advertising system operates.[1] Hidden machines …

Questions about Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

We have written to Facebook ‘s Chief Privacy Officer, Michel Protti, to ask what FB will do with the data it gains when it acquires health & education chatbot company “Kustomer”.Facebook is acquiring a company called Kustomer. We fear that …

ICCL and Amnesty International Ireland call on TDs to extend the term of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

ICCL2021, EQUALITY & INCLUSION, NEWS, PRESS RELEASE, SUBMISSION

The Commission must be extended until such time as the Data Protection Commission and any other body has concluded investigations into the legality of the destruction of audio recordings of testimonies given to the Confidential Committee.Survivors have been asking for …

Internal problems exposed at Irish Data Protection Commission

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

Listen to an audio version of this ICCL story (or download audio)9 February 2021  ICCL investigation reveals years of delays to major ICT overhaul intended to enable the Irish Data Protection Commission to enforce the GDPR.Documents obtained by ICCL under …

ICCL alerts Irish Government of strategic economic risk from failure to uphold the GDPR

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, SUBMISSION

This note makes public a letter to the Irish Government describing how Ireland is being sidestepped as a regulatory center. EU Member States are sidestepping Ireland to enforce the GDPR. This threatens Ireland’s position in the global digital economy. It also …

Digital Markets Act may create dangerous loopholes for Big Tech data use

Johnny RyanDIGITAL & DATA, NEWS

ICCL writes to the European Parliament and to the European Commission to highlight loopholes in the proposed Digital Markets Act. On 15 December 2020 the European Commission published a proposal for a Digital Markets Act, intended to correct digital market problems. These …

Two years of DPC inaction on the ongoing RTB data breach: Irish people with AIDS profiled, and Polish elections influenced.

Johnny Ryan2020, DIGITAL & DATA, Human Rights, SUBMISSION

Irish Data Protection Commission inaction on the RTB privacy crisis means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.