Tagged: Data Protection Commissioner
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Facebook site governance vote opens – for the last time? News
04.12.2012 Following a response from Facebook to clarify some of the changes it has proposed to its Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), the Facebook site...Categories: Social Media, Data Management -
Student group europe-v-facebook threatens to challenge DPC's findings News
04.12.2012 A student group that has been campaigning for better data protection by Facebook for more than a year is willing to go to court to contest the the Irish Data Protection... -
UPC warns consumers of telephone scam News
01.11.2012 If you receive a telephone call from someone claiming to be from AAC Bank, or working on behalf of AAC Bank, telling you about a refund entitlement, don’t believe it, TV and... -
Facebook turns off ‘Tag Suggest’ in EU, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner reveals News
21.09.2012 Facebook went beyond the initial recommendations of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) by turning off tag suggest/facial recognition features, Commissioner Billy Hawkes...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Legal, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Facebook to meet Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner this week News
09.07.2012 Facebook, the world’s largest social network, will meet this week with Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for a final audit update meeting to review progress on many...Categories: Web, Social Media, Security, Legal, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Communications, Apps -
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... -
Data Protection Commissioner to broach online privacy in public debate News
17.05.2012 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes, who spearheaded the global audit of Facebook’s privacy measures, will be speaking at a public debate tomorrow night at...Categories: Web, Social Media, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Computers -
More than one in 10 Irish workers has taken contact list from work - survey News
10.05.2012 More than one in 10 Irish employees admit to having taken the contact list from their previous job, a new survey claims. -
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... -
Despite deadline slip, DPC ‘happy’ with Facebook’s privacy progress News
03.04.2012 Although Facebook has slipped beyond an end-of-March deadline for meeting many of the conditions set down by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) in December, the DPC says it...Categories: Social Media, Security, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Design, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Hackers attack Eircom StudyHub – 11,000 usernames and passwords at risk News
17.02.2012 Hackers have breached a server that potentially risks some 10,829 account details, including 8,404 Eircom StudyHub customers. Eircom has emailed 20,000 registered StudyHub users... -
Eircom laptop theft: 7,000 customers' bank details at risk News
10.02.2012 Three laptops stolen from Eircom’s offices in west Dublin and an employee’s home could contain financial information relating to 6,845 eMobile and Meteor customers, along with...Categories: Security, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Financial, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
New EU data rules: fines of up to 2pc of turnover for privacy breaches News
25.01.2012 Tough new EU data protection rules revealed today confirm penalties of up to 2pc of the global annual turnover of a company can be applied for data breaches. The EU estimates...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search, Internet, Data Management, CRM -
Major changes to EU data laws to affect online giants News
23.01.2012 Online giants Facebook, Microsoft and Google could be fined up to 1pc of their international revenues if they were ever to be found guilty of breaching tough new EU data... -
New Household Charge website sparks privacy debate News
05.01.2012 A blogger has caused a major kerfuffle by pointing to privacy issues on the new Household Charge website. Environment Minister Phil Hogan has had to row in and reassure citizens... -
Eircom has 21 days to respond to halt ‘three strikes’ order by DPC News
19.12.2011 The Data Protection Commission has given Eircom 21 days to respond to its decision to instruct the operator to halt its ‘three strikes’ policy against music piracy. Under the... -
Privacy probe begins at Irish Facebook office - report News
27.10.2011 Ireland's Data Protection Office has begun investigating social networking giant Facebook's regional office in Dublin following accusations that the company is creating "shadow...