New report: how RTB data about Europe’s political leaders, judges, and military personnel flow to foreign states and non-state actors. We also show that Google (and others) send EU and US RTB data to Russia and China.
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.
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 …
Our thoughts on what the DPC should do over the next 5 years
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 …
Responding to Data Protection Commissioner’s remarks at the Justice Committee Hearing
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
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 …
Questions about Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer
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 alerts Irish Government of strategic economic risk from failure to uphold the GDPR
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
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 …