Privacy Transformation - Issue 248
Curated privacy, security & tech news, insights & resources with a focus on Irish and EU developments.
PRIVACY
Ireland DPA: Two new Data Protection Commissioners appointed
The Irish Government has announced the appointment of two new Data Protection Commissioners, Dr Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland. Their appointments will take effect from 20 February for a five-year term with Dr Hogan appointed as Chairperson.
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- Goodbye GDPR: Helen Dixon looks back on decade as the worldâs tech enforcer
- Data Protection Commission defends record after article labelling Republic a âcorporate crime havenâ
- đHelen Dixonâs last interview â the highs and lows of a job battling tech giants
Irish Police Chief to Warn of âunfeasibleâ Digital Workload with 22,000 hours of Dublin Riots Footage
Some 22,000 hours of footage from the Dublin riots has come to the attention of the Garda, an Oireachtas committee will hear on Tuesday, as it considers evidence on the merits of introducing facial recognition technology for policing. Civil liberties groups will tell politicians that the risks of introducing FRT into Irish policing are âtoo highâ and that it is not a âsilver bullet solutionâ.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission Launches Initiative to Protect Sports Club Data
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced a new initiative to evaluate data protection practices in sports clubs, welcomed new commissioners, and received a substantial budget increase to tackle data protection challenges in the digital age.
đRELATED: DPC survey to examine sports clubsâ data protection awareness and understanding
DATA BREACH
Nearly half the French population have data nabbed in massive breach
Nearly half the citizens of France have had their data exposed in a massive security breach at two third-party healthcare payment servicers, the French data privacy watchdog disclosed last week.
âđ» How Spoutibleâs Leaky API Spurted out a Deluge of Personal Data
Ever hear one of those stories where as it unravels, you lean in ever closer and mutter âNo way! No way! NO WAY!â This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never before.
GUIDANCE & OPINIONS
EDPB: Opinion 04/2024 on the notion of main establishment of a controller in the Union under Art. 4.16(a) GDPR
Opinion 04/2024 on the notion of main establishment of a controller in the Union under Art. 4.16(a) GDPR.
RESOURCES
UK ICO Approves Legal Services Operational Privacy Certification Scheme (LOCS)
The Information Commissionerâs Office (ICO) has approved a certification scheme aimed at legal service providers who process personal data.
[Access Certification Standard]
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