Tagged: Data Protection Commissioner & News
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German govt asks Apple about iPhone 4 data gathering News
29.06.2010 First it was Google’s Street View teams’ gathering of private Wi-Fi data that attracted the ire of European governments, but now it seems Apple is next, with Germany’s... -
US States to up ante against Google over wireless data News
22.06.2010 Google’s gathering of Wi-Fi data while its Street View team roamed the streets of various countries is cutting no mustard in the US, where a number of States are understood to... -
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... -
Google told to destroy intercepted Wi-Fi data – Irish authorities News
04.06.2010 While countries like Germany, France and Spain have asked Google to hand over Wi-Fi data that was intercepted by Google’s Street View teams, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission... -
The day the music (piracy) died in Ireland News
17.04.2010 Three strikes and you’re out! A decision by a judge to allow record companies to hand over the IP addresses of illegal music downloaders to internet service providers clears the...Tags: Eircom, EMI, Sony, Music, Piracy, ISP, Data Protection Commissioner , Warner, Universal, Illegal Downloads, Three Strikes, IRMA, -
46pc of Irish don’t trust data protection legislation: survey News
26.03.2010 Legislation surrounding data breaches and disclosure is not reassuring Irish internet users, says the Irish Computer Society as it revealed the results of its latest survey at... -
Bord Gáis implements new security regime after major data breach News
06.11.2009 Encryption is to be deployed on all Bord Gáis laptops and workers are to receive classroom training and awareness on data protection following an investigation on the loss of... -
75,000 customers’ bank details on stolen Bord Gais laptop News
18.06.2009 UPDATE: Just days after 15 laptops went missing from Health Service Executive (HSE) offices in Co Roscommon, it has now emerged that details of 75,000 Bord Gáis customers were... -
Intrusive SMS marketing on the decline? News
13.05.2009 The Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes has warned that while the number of complaints around data protection is still considerably high, the amount of people complaining...Categories: CIO -
Irish Government data breach slammed as ‘serious incident’ News
11.08.2008 The loss of a laptop containing social welfare details of a significant number of Irish citizens has been labelled a “serious incident” by the Data Protection Commissioner,...Categories: CIO -
Miss and tell News
30.05.2008 As more data security breaches come to light, calls are growing for new laws making it compulsory for companies to declare when they lose confidential information. But will...Categories: CIO -
Irish data breaches spawn privacy forum News
22.05.2008 In light of recent data breaches involving large organisations, including Bank of Ireland and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, the Irish Computer Society has created the ICS...Categories: CIO -
Text spammers fall foul in DPC report News
08.05.2008 The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has revealed he is bringing cases against several companies for sending unsolicited text messages to consumers.Categories: CIO, Government -
Alarm as four laptops stolen from Bank of Ireland News
22.04.2008 A “breakdown in procedure” has been blamed for the revelation that four laptops containing details of 10,000 Bank of Ireland Life customers have been stolen since last summer...Categories: CIO -
Firms need to open up on laptop theft News
20.03.2008 Laptop loss or theft is greater than firms are admitting. The end loser is the consumer exposed to ID theft. Is mandatory reporting the answer?Categories: CIO -
In a State of surveillance News
28.02.2008 “From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink – greetings! ” – George Orwell, 1984Categories: CIO -
NY laptop theft breaches no data protection rules News
27.02.2008 The loss of a laptop containing the files of up to 175,000 Irish blood donors, which was stolen earlier this month in New York, does not constitute a breach of the Data...Categories: CIO, GovernmentTags: Data Protection Commissioner , -
School kids get to grips with privacy through YouTube News
28.01.2008 To coincide with European Data Protection Day 2008, two new initiatives, one involving online video-sharing site YouTube, are being introduced today by the Data Protection...Categories: CIO -
Facebook investigated under EU data protection law News
24.01.2008 As the Information Commissioner in the UK begins an investigation over how Facebook stores, retains and uses the personal data of its members, Ireland also has a pressing need... -
Over 900 data protection complaints in 2007 News
13.12.2007 A number of serious breaches of data protection law in the past few months indicates that formal education is required to ensure compliance, Data Protection Commissioner Billy...