Alan Mac Kenna

Curated privacy news, insights & resources, with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Public Services Card debacle shows the State is prepared to take liberties with citizens' data The result of the latest investigation into the Public Services Card by the Data Protection Commission was made public

Curated privacy news, insights & resources, with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Why did the Irish data regulator not want to fine Meta? Data Protection Commissioner initially planned not to fine Meta for data breaches but fines are arguably the most dissuasive tool in the GDPR toolkit.

Curated privacy news, insights & resources, with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Record Meta fine masks Europe’s privacy struggle Five years and almost €4 billion worth of fines stemming from tougher privacy enforcement and the European Union is still asking if it's doing enough

Curated privacy news, insights & resources, with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Irish Data Protection Commission to order Meta to stop data transfers to US as firm faces EU fine Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is set to be handed a record European Union privacy fine for

Curated privacy news, insights & resources, with a focus on Irish and EU developments. ‌             ‌ PRIVACY Irish Government will not say if spyware is used to monitor Irish citizens The Government has declined to confirm whether or not State agencies routinely use spyware to monitor Irish citizens, following an inquiry from

Curated privacy news, insights & resources, with a focus on Irish and EU developments. PRIVACY Concerns raised as teachers required to use controversial PSC card for online payslips The mandating of teachers to get a public services card (PSC) in order to receive a new digital payslip has been branded