I posted yesterday about my complaint to the Irish Data Protection Commission about the cross border data transfers of an international not-for-profit organisation. This is a topic I’ve looked at myself in the past in some detail when I was volunteering with a similar organisation doing similar things. About five years ago I mapped out …
As I write this I am listening to an IAPP webinar on LinkedIn Live discussing Article 49 derogations for data transfers outside the EU. There is some consternation in the discussion about the narrow interpretations that are applied in relation the derogations under Article 49. It’s great to see the IAPP discussing the limitations of …
We are living in strange times. And I’m not just talking about Covid, forest fires, or the potential discovtaery of signs of alien life on Venus. No, I’m talking about the bizarro-world scenario of Max “Europe vs Facebook” Schrems joining common cause with (checks notes) Facebook against the Irish Data Protection Commission over (checks notes …
So, 81 people attended a Golf Society event in a hotel in Clifden during a time when the country was losing control again on a pandemic, largely through community transmission. At the time, the public health REGULATIONS (not guidance) were that events like this could permit a maximum of 50 people. Weddings had been cancelled. …
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Back at Easter, Wexford County Council announced they were using drones to help police travel restrictions in respect of Covid-19. Cameras mounted on drones constitute a form of mass surveillance over a public area. As such, Article 35 of GDPR requires that a DPIA be undertaken. Full stop. Failure to do so is a contravention …
It’s been just over a year since I wrote anything on this blog. That’s too long. So I’ll be writing some stuff today and tomorrow about my experiences using FOI to identify where mandatory procedural aspects of Data Protection law are not being followed by public bodies and the response of the Data Protection Commission …
Over the past few days, the Irish Times has carried a larger volume than usual of the “Data Protection Commissioner is evil” letters, giving out about her “nonsensical powers” because the bad lady won’t let them do things they want to do with data about people who are/might be alive. I don’t always agree with …
I think Charlton Heston put it best: Damn them all to hell! They finally went and did it! They blew it up!” That was my immediate reaction to the Brexit news this morning. A campaign that was polluted by lies and misinformation from the pro-Brexit side, including a bold claim that voting to leave the …
Today is International Women’s Day. It is also another day that the Irish Department of Health and Children will spend counting down the hours until they can destroy material evidence of bad things that have happened to women in the State. Material evidence that they obtained through the operation of a Redress Scheme the terms …
Over on the company site I’ve written a piece on Data Retention policies that references the Symphisiotomy redress scheme as a case study in data retention planning (not in a good way). For those who didn’t spot it yesterday and who are glued to the national media that isn’t referencing this huge story, let me …