Madam, – For some months now, this newspaper’s technology writer Karlin Lillington has been pursuing an increasingly vocal campaign against the Data Retention Bill. When I recently indicated my ...

With the recent Cabinet nod, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is going to be a reality sooner rather than later. Amid the various chords, that the Data Protection Bill attempts to strike, the ...

Paul Ryan of OpenX talks about the adtech industry and the importance of incorporating data protection into product development. Paul Ryan is the CTO of adtech firm OpenX, where he oversees a global ...

UNLESS you’re a data anorak or avid Brussels watcher, you probably missed that the EU is preparing to ease data laws. The European Commission is finalising a plan to simplify and potentially remove ...

When I attend the RSA 2025 conference in San Francisco at the end of April, I will be having a series of conversations with customers, partners and people who want to be customers or partners, and the ...

We previously outlined what ADP is, and why it matters, but the executive summary is that it extends end-to-end encryption to almost all your iCloud data. That means that Apple has no access, and ...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has hit Facebook owner Meta Ireland with a fine of €1.2 billion – the largest levied to date under GDPR rules – and ordered the social media platform to suspend ...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it has been engaging with Sky on the company's efforts to clampdown on so-called TV 'dodgy boxes'. These are devices used to illegally stream content such as ...

This marks an important milestone as the country begins to crack down on how personal information is handled in the digital age. The Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO), the body that oversees ...