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Irish Data Protection Commission Publishes Annual Report for 2022

Hunton Privacy

On March 7, 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its Annual Report for 2022 (the “Report”). Highlights from the Report include: During 2022, the DPC received 2,700 complaints from data subjects under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR

Security Affairs

by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). million (for breaches of the GDPR relating to its service).” million (for breaches of the GDPR relating to its service).” The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta’s WhatsApp €5.5

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Ireland: Non-material damages under GDPR – Irish law developments and the international approach

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Authors: Eilis McDonald; Marcus Walsh; John Magee; Gavin Woods; David Cook; Andreas Rüdiger The Irish Circuit Court has recently delivered an important judgment on non-material damages for infringement of the GDPR. The factors that he set out are: “Mere breach” of the GDPR is not sufficient to warrant an award of compensation.

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International Data Protection Day 2022

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On behalf of DLA Piper’s Global Data Protection team, we would like to wish you a happy International Data Protection Day 2022. Fully refreshed and updated for 2022 we have new jurisdictional entries that now includes Sri Lanka and the Abu Dhabi Global Market Free Zone who launched their new data protection regime last year.

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Data Protection in Financial Services Week 2022

Data Matters

12:30 p.m. Join us from February 28 – March 3 for DPFS Week 2022 , a series of webinars looking at the impacts of data privacy across the financial sector. How to deal with and manage the key issues for 2022, such as AI, data governance, and international transfers. – 5:30 p.m. GMT | 11:00 a.m.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

2022 will go down as the year where some semblance of normality returned. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Meanwhile, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) enforcement continues apace. million) fine for twelve breaches of the GDPR.

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Europe: EDPB Guidelines on calculation of fines under GDPR – a case of evolution, not revolution?

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

A draft set of EDPB guidelines on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR is likely to lead to some further consistency among supervisory authorities on how fines are calculated – however, if adopted, the guidance leaves clear room for the current divergent approaches to continue.

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