# Data Protection Commissioner
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Last year
2023
Letterkenny
TikTok showing boxes of patient records in derelict hospital building sparks HSE review
14 Nov 2023
52.6k
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Data Breach
Electric Ireland warns that thousands of customer accounts may have been compromised
8 Nov 2023
54.9k
63
DPC
Gardaí and delivery firm Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022
7 Mar 2023
14.8k
2
All time
Max Schrems
Facebook should be fined up to €36 million over 'serious' GDPR breaches, says Data Commissioner
13 Oct 2021
9.6k
11
THE MORNING LEAD
'Patent ambiguity': WhatsApp's record €225 million fine underlines grave transparency issues
5 Sep 2021
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19
Data Protection
Data regulator wrote repeatedly to Mother & Baby Home Commission about handling of sensitive testimony
7 Jun 2021
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11
Data Protection
Sinn Féin appointed officer to manage voter database only after being contacted by DPC
23 Apr 2021
23.3k
95
department of children
Data Protection Commissioner: Transfer of Mother and Baby Homes records to Dept could be 'high risk'
Updated
25 Feb 2021
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16
Commission
'A nun poured urine on my head because I snored': Survivors contact DPC and gardaí over destruction of testimony
Updated
9 Feb 2021
58.0k
Data Collection
Data watchdog has 'serious doubts' over whether social welfare inspectors acted lawfully at airports
30 Jul 2020
17.0k
38
our lady's hospice
Court rules against Data Protection Commissioner in long-running case sparked by 'Isis' graffiti in hospice
6 Mar 2020
28.9k
unlawful basis
'I won't lower myself': Angry clashes at committee as Doherty defends government stance on PSC
21 Nov 2019
27.4k
41
Public Services Card
Pulling mandatory PSC for passports had 'whole of government repercussions', civil servants warned
10 Nov 2019
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PSC
Senior civil servant said media outlets had 'agenda' against the Public Services Card
23 Oct 2019
21.3k
50
PSC
Minister accused of damaging Ireland's reputation by appealing the Data Commissioner's PSC findings
25 Sep 2019
17.0k
34
Transparency
Civil servants were told to look at replacing the Medical Card with the Public Services Card
22 Sep 2019
23.2k
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Public Services Card
Government claims that withdrawal of PSC could be illegal as it sets up battle with data watchdog
17 Sep 2019
13.8k
57
Public Services Card
Taoiseach: 'Anyone that reads the law will understand why we disagree with the Data Commissioner's report'
14 Sep 2019
23.7k
76
FACTCHECK
The Explainer: Why is there so much controversy over the Public Services Card?
13 Sep 2019
13.5k
43
PSC
Shane Ross says his officials were 'vindicated' over stance on Public Services Card for driving tests
8 Sep 2019
26.9k
34
Data Breach
Data Protection Commission notified over 2018 breach by State Examinations Commission
18 Aug 2019
17.4k
7
Data Protection Commissioner
Government will 'very seriously' consider commissioner's report into Public Services Card
16 Aug 2019
14.5k
52
Data Retention
Department told to destroy documents belonging to 3.2 million citizens it kept after PSC applications
16 Aug 2019
34.8k
81
Exclusive
'Misleading' to claim having PSC makes applying for driver's licence easier, Data Protection Commissioner says
16 Aug 2019
20.2k
32
Data Protection Commissioner
No legal basis for mandatory Public Services Card to access State services other than welfare, landmark probe finds
16 Aug 2019
33.7k
119
Data Protection
Department seeks judicial review after watchdog rules child benefit data collection unlawful
2 Aug 2019
13.5k
long awaited
'Answers are overdue': Almost a year on, it's still unclear if probe into legality of PSC will be published
10 Jun 2019
25.8k
76
Data Protection
Supreme Court rejects Facebook appeal in EU-US data transfer case
Updated
31 May 2019
14.5k
7
Data Breach
Facebook says whatever fine it faces over password breach is matter for Irish data watchdog
26 Apr 2019
10.4k
21
Cabot Financial
Debt collector data breach results in some mortgage-holders' details being compromised
11 Apr 2019
26.3k
9
Data Protection
'I would have the legs cut off me': Doherty says she won't release PSC report until she's given go-ahead
24 Feb 2019
52.0k
64
tourism and transport
Aer Lingus exposed over 100 job applicants' details in an email blunder
7 Feb 2019
1.4k
0
data concerns
Data watchdog seeks urgent meeting with Facebook over plans to merge Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger
28 Jan 2019
19.7k
45
Freedom of Information
Government won't release Public Services Card report due to 'public interest' fears
Updated
14 Jan 2019
89.7k
104
Hacked
Irish data watchdog told only small amount of EU accounts affected in Facebook data breach
1 Oct 2018
6.6k
5