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Government publishes Legislation Programme for Autumn 2019

Sep 2019

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The Government Chief Whip, Seán Kyne TD, has published the Government’s Legislation Programme for Autumn 2019. The Programme lists 32 priority Bills; 27 Bills currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas,...

Data face off: first court judgment ever on legality of facial recognition technology

Sep 2019

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Last month, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) released a statement announcing an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in public spaces and expressing concern over its "potential...

ICO clarifies time limit for responding to subject access requests

Sep 2019

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has amended its guidance on the time limit for responding to a subject access request (SAR).

DPC Publishes Statement on the Public Services Card

Aug 2019

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On Friday 16 August, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its findings on certain aspects of the Public Services Card (PSC). The DPC found that seven out of eight of its...

ICO announces biggest GDPR fines to date

Jul 2019

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In the past two days, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued (potential) GDPR fines of £183.39m and £99.2m on British Airways (BA) and Marriott International Inc., respectively....

EDPB issues draft guidelines on the contractual necessity legal basis in the context of online services

Apr 2019

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The EDPB has released new draft guidelines 2/2019 on the contractual necessity legal basis for processing personal data in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects. The...

Deputy Data Protection Commissioners discuss GDPR implementation with Oireachtas Committee

Apr 2019

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On 3 April 2019, the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality met to discuss the implementation of the GDPR with Ms Anna Morgan (Deputy Commissioner), Ms Jennifer O’Sullivan (Deputy Commissioner), and...

Government’s Gender Pay Gap Bill now published

Apr 2019

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The much-anticipated text of the Government's Gender Pay Gap (GPG) Information Bill (the Bill) has now been published. In amending the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015, the Bill envisages that the...

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Government publishes Legislation Programme for Autumn 2019

Data face off: first court judgment ever on legality of facial recognition technology

ICO clarifies time limit for responding to subject access requests

DPC Publishes Statement on the Public Services Card

ICO announces biggest GDPR fines to date

EDPB issues draft guidelines on the contractual necessity legal basis in the context of online services

Deputy Data Protection Commissioners discuss GDPR implementation with Oireachtas Committee

Government’s Gender Pay Gap Bill now published