Earlier this week the Data Protection Commissioner bemoaned the lack of attention to detail and the poor culture of Data Protection compliance practices in the Irish Public Service. He was right to do so. My experience as both a service user and as a consultant has been that there are excellent people making excellent efforts …
Examples of poor Data Protection Practice in Public Sector Read More »
Scanning twitter over my post-breakfast intra-planning pre-work coffee this morning I noticed tweets that were agog at a Minister for Health who is a medical doctor asking non-medical doctor political colleagues for lists of people who should have been given a medical card. The agogness was triggered by this news story on the RTE website. …
The Strife of Reilly (Tone at the Top revisited) Read More »
I’ve written in the past about the problems with the “tone at the top” around Data Protection and Data Privacy in Irish government and political circles. Bluntly, with few exceptions, it seems they don’t get it, don’t like it, and would rather it go away. That attitude cascades down into government departments where it is …