Alan Mac Kenna

Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY France’s latest foreign interference bill questions democratic control over surveillance services In the wake of the terrorist attacks in 2015, France passed a sweeping Intelligence Law which empowered its intelligence services

Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Oireachtas Justice Committee raises concerns over plans to reform key data protection laws The Oireachtas Justice Committee has written to European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to raise concerns over plans

Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Europe’s landmark AI Act passes Parliament vote European lawmakers have voted to pass a landmark regulation on artificial intelligence in Strasbourg, a file that had garnered major lobbying attention from large

Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Under new management: Inside the Irish data regulator’s critical reboot The Data Protection Commission has endured no shortage of opprobrium under the leadership of Helen Dixon. Its new bosses might be

Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Concerns raised over UK Data Protection Bill’s impact on EU’s GDPR A letter sent by member of European Parliament Paul Tang raises questions regarding the potential effects of the UK’

Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY New Irish Data Protection Commissioners take up their roles wo new Data Protection Commissioners have taken up their roles. The Government announced the appointment of Dr Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland to