Tracking the path of the internet revolution
Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers
Data Privacy
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Ireland’s landscape for clinical trials ‘overly complex’, study finds
Report for Minister of Health recommends introduction of contract templates, key performance indicators and a unified costing framework
It turns out your air fryer might be listening, sending data to China
UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product
High Court dispute between X and data regulator is resolved
Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems
The EU AI Act: A Launchpad for Ireland’s AI Global Leadership
Business leaders are the most important stakeholder in driving change and creating a culture of innovation where employees can successfully create and adapt to evolving technologies
X stopped using EU user data to train its AI tool, DPC says
Social network agreed to ‘suspend its processing of the personal data’, Data Protection Commission says
After 868 pages and €5.67 million, the reason 19 names were searched in INM data breach remains a mystery
Former chief executive of media group described outcome of lengthy inquiry that yielded a 868-page report at a cost of almost €6 million as ‘weird’
Elaine O’Hara may ‘at last, rest in peace’ after Supreme Court rejection of Graham Dwyer’s appeal
Court’s earlier ruling on phone metadata admissibility issues was a significant blow to Dwyer
Nigeria fines Meta more than €200 million for violating consumer and data laws
META-FINES (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws
Facial recognition: We’re tilting alarmingly towards normalising sneakier mass surveillance
We have yet to be given clear reasons why we need facial recognition technology even though a Bill relating to it is meandering through our political process
EU making ill-judged move towards mass digital surveillance
Step intended to combat child sexual abuse online has been widely condemned as ineffective and in breach of fundamental rights
Supreme Court decision on phone data admissibility may be fatal blow to Graham Dwyer appeal
Dwyer made similar, not identical, arguments in appeal against murder conviction
Meta wants to use your Facebook and Instagram data to train AI – here’s how to stop it
Follow these steps if you want to object to your data and posts being used
Recording of conversations in cabs sees Wicklow firefighters consider data protection complaint
Firefighters ‘shocked’ to learn dashcams had audio-recording capability
Europe’s AI Act is a ‘decent start’ but is it workable?
Watered down legislation still puts Europe ahead on regulating AI but enforcement could be held back by technological gaps
Quote Devil admits sending policy documents to wrong customers
Personal details of more than 2,000 customers revealed to other clients of online insurance broker
HSE glitch: Full names and vaccination status among data of up to 1 million people at risk
Full names and vaccination status were available to unauthorised users, according to security researcher who discovered the issue
Age verification won’t stop children accessing porn online
Current technology won’t accomplish Coimisiún na Meán’s ‘gold standard’ proposals to verify users accessing inappropriate internet content
Coveney received briefing on TikTok before talks with Chinese ambassador
Talks planned weeks before company fined €345m in September for breaches of European data law
Central bank governor moves to reassure banks on digital euro
Gabriel Makhlouf says key industry and data privacy concerns will be addressed before any digital currency launch
Disputes among national watchdogs over Big Tech fines are ‘no problem’ - Europe’s chief data regulator
Anu Talus, the Finnish chair of the European Data Protection Board, the central body of national regulators overseeing EU data privacy laws, defends opposition to Irish watchdog’s fines
Getting your DNA tested can have disturbing results
Karlin Lillington: Data breach at 23andMe highlights need for regulation as genetic background and other information hacked and offered for sale
Meta to charge users in EU for ad-free Instagram and Facebook
Tech group plans a $14 monthly subscription fee for access via mobile
Ireland is on the frontline of the battle against misinformation
We have EU-wide responsibilities that are enormous in scale and consequence
Garda sergeant sent forward for trial over alleged unlawful sharing of personal data
Naas-based Sgt Thomas Bowe (51) and Niall Sheehy (58), from Stradbally, face 21 and 10 charges respectively
TikTok begins moving European data to Dublin centre
Project Clover migration to ringfence personal information
PSNI data breach makes it easier to kick the force - but other problems get lost under the headlines
You cannot have rejuvenated policing with broken politics and an unanswered past, with MI5 still part of the present, and only lukewarm support from inside the republican community
Red faces at Central Bank over data breach
Bankers often on wrong end of censure by the regulator will have had cause for a wry smile at its discomfiture
PSNI data breach may undermine ability to combat dissidents, DUP leader says
Jeffrey Donaldson said he would ‘suspend judgment’ for now on whether chief constable should resign over debacle
PSNI chief constable ‘now confident’ dissident republicans have sensitive information
Measures in place to advise all members of Police Service of Northern Ireland, according to Simon Byrne
Factory worker ‘mocked’ after appearing in training video secures damages over data infringement
Arkadiusz Kaminski to receive €2,000 from Ballymaguire Foods in first such compensation decree by an Irish court
Amazon becomes first US company to challenge EU digital rules
Online retail giant files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech
Karlin Lillington: Online restrictions must be based on sound evidence not emotional argument
Karlin Lillington: Despite a lack of clear research on harm to children from social media, there can be an rush towards legal curbs
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