Privacy


Whats In Store For Data Protection In 2019?

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Leo Moore has been a partner in the technology group at law firm William Fry since 2010. In that time, he has seen his ... Read more

HIQA Launches National Standard For Electronic Patient Summaries To Improve Safety

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The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is the body in Ireland tasked with setting the standards for many o... Read more

State Refuses To Release Information On Public Services Card Probe

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A request brought by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) for information regarding the investigation into the ... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: GDPR Is Here

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Max attacks: Schrems launches €7bn worth of GDPR cases in Europe Max Schrems during a visit to Dublin in 2015. Image... Read more

GDPR Chaos As Many US News Sites Temporarily Unavailable In EU

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The long-awaited GDPR deadline has finally come, but it seems to be causing some issues already for major media sites b... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Secure Your Private Universe

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Twitter urges all 336m users to change their passwords right now Image: Shutow Alexey Leonidovich/Shutterstock Twitte... Read more

Snapchat To Change Data Retention Policy For Under-16s Ahead Of GDPR

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While GDPR is theoretically good news for the data privacy and agency of individuals in the EU, those who invest in maj... Read more

UK Parliamentary Committee To Push For Zuckerberg Testimony

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The repercussions of the Cambridge Analytica scandal are continuing to reveal themselves, weeks after the original stor... Read more

Genealogy Websites Helped Track Down Elusive Golden State Killer

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The man suspected to be the Golden State Killer (also known as the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker), Jo... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Design Your Tomorrow

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How Fire’s Colm Lyon ignited Europe’s fintech revolution Fire CEO and Realex founder Colm Lyon. Image: Fire John ... Read more

Facebook Announces Major Transparency Initiative For Ads And Pages

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The past several weeks have been fraught for Facebook as it continues to deal with the aftermath of the Cambridge Analy... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Privacy Is Not A Game

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NI firm STATSports scores massive $1.5bn US soccer deal AS Roma players training with the Apex sports vests. Image: ST... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Your Privacy, Your Data And You

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GDPR: 10 easy steps all organisations should follow Image: igorstevanovic/Shutterstock Sara Degli-Esposti and Mauree... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Protecting You And Your Data

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What you need to know about the major FedEx data leak FedEx parcels. Image: monticello/Shutterstock FedEx customer d... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: We Are All Living In The Data Age

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Hey Alexa, Amazon’s Echo has arrived in Ireland with some fairly sound apps Amazon Echo Dot (second generation). Im... Read more

How Poor Data Privacy Can Cause Major Sales Delays

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An extensive survey conducted by Cisco has shown data privacy concerns are causing significant sales cycle delays for u... Read more

EU Court Allows Max Schrems Individual Case Against Facebook To Proceed In Austria

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Lawyer Max Schrems has been a thorn in Facebook’s side for several years now and an official ruling from the European... Read more

Theresa May Singles Out Encrypted Messaging Apps In Davos Address

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Theresa May has long been a critic of large tech firms but her address from Davos on Thursday (25 January) zoned in on ... Read more

How Can Legal Policy Keep Up With Tech Innovation?

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It often seems that technology innovation outpaces the law. As new tech is created, policies lag behind. Grey areas rem... Read more