The GDPR affects all businesses and was enacted on 25 May 2018. It has introduced substantial changes to data protection law, and businesses should ensure they have taken the necessary steps to comply with the new rules.
Contact UsThe ODPC has published guidance, The GDPR and You - Preparing for 2018, to help organisations prepare for the GDPR.
TechnologyOn 5 October 2016, our IP & Technology team hosted a seminar on the new EU General Data Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect from 25 May 2018. The Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, gave a keynote address at the event, which was followed by commentary from our IP and Technology Partners, John Whelan, John Cahir, Mark Rasdale and Claire Morrissey.
TechnologyThe European Commission has today adopted the Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is intended to provide a framework for EU-US data transfers.
GDPRThe judgment runs to 28 pages and it contains some far-reaching pronouncements on the citizen's right to privacy and the limits to state interference with that right. These aspects of the CJEU's judgment will have reverberations for years to come. However, the CJEU has made just two findings that have immediate legal consequences, namely:
TechnologyThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has declared that the Commission's US Safe Harbour Decision 200/520 is invalid
GDPRRecent high profile security incidents illustrate that no institution or business is immune from cyber attack. A cyber attack on the White House in 2014 resulted in a partial shutdown of its email system.
TechnologyThis article examines a recent English High Court decision, which highlights the diverging approaches of the English and Irish Courts to Data Subject Access Requests.
GDPRThe High Court, in In the Matter for Mount Carmel Medical Group (South Dublin) Ltd (In Liquidation) [2015] IEHC 450 considered the issue of who is a data controller under data protection law in respect of data held by a company in liquidation.
GDPRAs usual, the Data Protection Commissioner's Annual Report reveals some interesting trends, statistics and case-studies, and provides an insight into priority areas being pursued by the DPC.
GDPRThe Data Protection Commissioner has written to a random selection of 40 organisations to raise awareness of, and ensure compliance with, legislation introduced last year prohibiting 'enforced access requests' by employers.
GDPRA Garda has alleged that his data protection rights were breached when a representative of his Credit Union, showed his father his confidential financial statements which indicated difficulties with his loans.
GDPRA&L Goodbody's IP & Technology group provide an overview of 'Data Analytics in Ireland' and outline what your organisation needs to consider when engaged in data analytics.
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