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The Data Protection Commission handed down administrative fines totalling €652 million last year, according to its latest annual report. The privacy watchdog issued 11 finalised inquiry decisions in 2024, including high-profile decisions on inquiries into LinkedIn and Meta, which alone made up

Biometric data collected from 70 per cent of the Irish population over the past 15 years should be deleted immediately, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. The NGO has criticised the decision in the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) inquiry into the Department of Social Protectio

The Department of Social Protection has been fined €550,000 for breaches of the GDPR relating to the requirement for public services card (PSC) applicants to provide their biometric data. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) today announced its final decision following the conclusion of an inqu

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and justice minister Jim O'Callaghan were welcomed to the official opening of the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) new headquarters in Dublin yesterday. The building project was commenced by the Office of Public Works in May 2023, and has brought together all of the

Facebook owner Meta has been fined €265 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), data controller of the Facebook social media network, has also been made subject to a range of corrective measures.

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been fined €40,000 by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) after it sent a letter containing allegations of abuse to a third party who then uploaded it to social media. This is the second fine that the DPC has issued under the EU General Data Protection R