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.
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.
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.
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 …
Sustainability without surveillance
New report: Tracking-based online advertising imperils fundamental rights and publisher sustainability by diverting data and revenue from publishers.
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.