Tagged: Data Protection Commission
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Facebook wins case to ensure Europeans use real names on social network News
15.02.2013 A German court has ruled in Facebook’s favour in a case where a data commissioner in Schleswig-Holstein wanted Facebook to allow the use of fake names. Facebook argued that it...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Digital Business, Data Management, Communications -
European one-stop shop for privacy will rely on ‘consistency mechanism’ News
28.01.2013 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes – who is working with Facebook to ensure the social network meets its global privacy obligations – said today that while the... -
Data Commissioner tells 80 Irish websites to explain approach to EU cookies law News
19.12.2012 Some 80 websites in Ireland – including major Government departments, like the Department of Health and the Department of Finance – have been written to by the Data Protection...Categories: Servers, Security, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Web -
Data rules hold back Europe’s digital economy – EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding (video) News
25.09.2012 Europe has no unified digital market because it has effectively 27 conflicting sets of data protection rules, impeding retailers who want to reach Europe’s 500m citizens, the...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Mobile, Legal, Government, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
OPINION: Are employers entitled to ask interview candidates for their social network passwords? News
18.08.2012 Picture yourself sitting across from a prospective boss having just completed a great interview for a new job. You are just about to leave when you are asked one final question...Categories: Social Media, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Graduate, Digital Media, Digital Business, Data Management, Contract -
Data Protection Commissioner issues guidelines for cloud computing News
05.07.2012 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has outlined new cloud computing guidelines for data controllers in firms. The fundamental lesson is that the key issue is...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, Legal, IT Management, Internet, Data Management, CIO -
The death of privacy News
24.05.2012 A better understanding of privacy is required at all levels of society, writes John Kennedy. He warns that 21st-century technology will stretch the limits and our notions of... -
DPC investigated record number of data complaints in 2011 News
30.04.2012 The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC)’s office opened 1,161 complaints for investigation in 2011, a record number compared to its last milestone of 783 in 2010, according to... -
Blacknight hit with external security breach News
02.02.2012 Hosting provider and domain registrar Blacknight has revealed it had been hit by a security breach. While no data was compromised, the breach may include client contact details,... -
Ireland’s Facebook audit gives it privacy green light, but with conditions News
21.12.2011 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has concluded his massive audit of Facebook – the biggest investigation in the agency’s history – and has cleared it of most charges....Categories: Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Media, Security, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
In the eye of the Europe vs Facebook storm News
28.11.2011 Whether it intended to or not, Ireland has found itself in the eye of the brewing Facebook versus the EU storm that will see the European Commission possibly issue a new EC...Categories: Security, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Social Media -
Data Protection Commissioner to prosecute phone scammers News
17.06.2011 The Data Protection Commissioner plans to bring prosecutions against individuals found to be involved in the current spate of internet scams where ordinary individuals are being... -
New Govt will need to decide on EU ‘cookies’ directive News
09.03.2011 A new EU-wide law is set to make cookies crumble. But the lack of national guidelines on how website owners or marketers will be able to track users online with their consent...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Internet, Government, Economy, eCommerce, Data Management -
Microsoft warns its customers of cold-calling scam News
02.02.2011 Software giant Microsoft today began issuing its Irish customers with warnings about scammers cold-calling businesses and consumers pretending to be from Microsoft but intent on... -
Thousands of users’ data stolen in Fine Gael site hack News
10.01.2011 The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the attack on the Fine Gael website yesterday, after an Evening Herald journalist claimed he was sent data of 2,000 users of... -
'Sexist' email scandal highlights importance of usage policies News
12.11.2010 The email scandal that blew up in recent days when it emerged male workers at leading accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers had shared a top 10 ranking of female colleagues...Categories: Security, Risk Management, Legal, IT Management, In the Workplace, Enterprise Applications, eCommerce -
Mandatory reporting of security breaches on the way News
01.06.2010 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has unveiled a new draft Code of Practice that sets out the reporting obligations of organisations in the event of a security breach and... -
Shocking data breaches are rife in Irish public sector News
08.04.2010 Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has hit out at the reluctance of Irish public-sector bodies to deal with data protection issues. More than 900 breaches in the private...Categories: -
Another data security breach reported at Bank of Ireland News
04.11.2008 Ireland’s biggest bank has again been rocked by a data breach scandal – this time a data storage device with almost 900 customer account details has gone missing.Categories: CIO -
Laptop, BlackBerry and disc stolen from HSE News
10.09.2008 The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the theft of a laptop, BlackBerry mobile device and a data disc from the home of a Health Services Executive (HSE) employee who...Categories: CIO