Legislation currently before the Oireachtas would create a “free-for-all” for organisations to set up shop in Ireland and to influence elections with impunity, data protection experts have claimed. It ...

The Government’s plan to extend the definition of “public bodies” in new data protection legislation poses serious legal concerns and may present child protection issues, it has been claimed. An ...

The President Michael D Higgins has signed the Data Protection Bill 2018 into law. The bill is set to modernise Ireland's data protection laws and create a consistent data protection regime across the ...

Public consultation has been launched for the draft Data Protection Bill, which is intended to replace the existing Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information ...