It was reported yesterday that the Irish Government has issued a “discussion paper†on the proposed administrative sanctions under the new Data Protection Regulation. EDRI has criticised the proposals with reference to the “warning/dialogue/enforcement†approach taken by the Irish DPC. Billy Hawkes has, in the past, been at pains to clarify that the Irish DPC …
The Official Twitter Account of the Irish EU Presidency (@eu2013ie) tweeted earlier today about recipes. That gave me a little food for thought given the subject matter I posted on yesterday. Ireland will hold the Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2013. Part of what we will be tasked with is guiding …
So, today the European Commission is announcing new rules for Data Protection and Privacy in the EU (and the EEA countries and those countries seeking accession to the EU). There is hype and hoopla about the rules and what they mean, particularly for organisations conducting business on-line, companies based outside the EU selling into the …