12 October 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to the European Commission alerting its of its legal obligation to limit EU data transfers to the UK after Brexit, because of problems at the UK’s privacy watchdog failure to protect data rights. Adding to the tension in the Brexit negotiations, £85 bn […]
Irish Data Protection Commission inaction means Irish people with AIDS were profiled, Polish elections were influenced, and the biggest data breach in history continues.
21 September 2020 A new ICCL report reveals that failure by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to stop a massive data breach at the heart of the online advertising industry is allowing illicit profiling of Irish people by data broker companies. Irish people’s health conditions, political views, and whereabouts are analysed and sold in […]
New data on the RTB privacy crisis: people with AIDS profiled in Ireland, and Polish elections influenced.
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.
Dr Johnny Ryan takes up new privacy role at ICCL
6 August 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is delighted to announce that Dr. Johnny Ryan FRHistS is joining ICCL as a Senior Fellow on our Information Rights Programme. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is Ireland’s oldest independent human rights organisation, and has campaigned on data rights for two decades. ICCL has […]
