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Meet the ADPO Committee

The ADPO Executive Committee have been elected to represent all Data Protection members. We aim to do this by focusing on the following areas: Provide accredited training for you to up-skill Yearly Conference and regular events & webinars to learn, share & broaden your network Lobbying for positive integration of data protection both in Ireland and across Europe This month we would like to introduce you ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


An Update on the AI Act from Kai Zenner

Written by Maria Moloney I was in Cluj-Napoca, Romania last week where I gave a keynote speech on data protection across various industries. I attended a conference which launched a platform for start-ups entitled Techeconomics. Cluj-Napoca is at the centre of Romania’s tech industry, and it plays an important role in the development of the technology industry in Eastern Europe. During my time ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


Every click you make; they’ll be watching you!

By Paula Carney-Hoffler If you are anything like me, you may find yourself receiving a lot of newsletter subscriptions or marketing communications, whether you signed up to them or not. There is nothing quite like keeping up to date with the happenings in the world, but are your behaviours being monitored without your knowledge or permission? A while back, I received an email from ...

   Friday, September 29th


Meet the ADPO Executive Committee

The ADPO Executive Committee have been elected to represent all ADPO members. We aim to do this by focusing on the following areas: Provide accredited training for you to up-skill Yearly conference and regular events and webinars to learn, share and broaden your network Lobbying for positive integration of data protection both in Ireland and across Europe. This month we would like to introduce ...

   Friday, September 29th


Recent Developments in the Area of Data Protection Claims in Ireland

Written By Deirdre Miller B.L. On 11 July 2023 at the Dublin Circuit Court, the plaintiff in Kaminski v Ballymaguire Foods Limited [2023] IECC 5 was awarded €2,000 compensation for non-material damage arising from the further processing of his personal data collected via CCTV contrary to the GDPR, which was held to be a breach of his data protection rights. The plaintiff brought the claim against his employer, ...

   Wednesday, August 30th


Meet the ADPO Executive Committee

The Association of Data Protection Officers (ADPO) Executive Committee has been elected to represent all ADPO members. They aim to do this by focusing on the following areas: Providing accredited training for you to up-skill. Holding a yearly conference as well as regular events and webinars to learn, share, and broaden your network. Lobbying for positive integration of data protection both in Ireland and ...

   Wednesday, August 30th


De-banking Nigel Farage and the NatWest SARs

Written by Tom Gilligan Data protection rights were at the centre of a controversy in the UK. Nigel Farage claimed to have been asked to leave a NatWest subsidiary, Coutts Bank, often referred to as being “de-banked”. The BBC ran a story about the matter. It subsequently emerged that the source of the story was Alison Rose, the Chief Executive Officer of National Westminster ...

   Wednesday, August 30th


New Guidance for DPOs on AI and Personal Data

A new publication from the Confederation of European Data Protection Organisations (CEDPO) aims to provide Data Protection Officers (DPOs) with guidance on Ai and personal data. The publication, prepared by the AI and Data Working Group of CEDPO, comes at a time when AI tools are increasingly interacting with personal data, often at a vast scale. With the very fast-paced development and roll out ...

   Friday, June 30th


Scratch Coding Competition Launch 2023/2024

The 2024 Scratch Competition will launch today, Friday the 10th November, one week before Science Week. Run by the Irish Computer Society (ICS) and supported by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, the Scratch Competition promotes computing and software development at both primary and secondary school levels.  Since the inception of the Scratch competition in 2010, coding has become one of the essential ...

  Friday, November 10th


Cardiac Services Awarded Major HSE Contract

The Health Service Executive has awarded a multi-year contract to deliver an Acute Floor Information System to Cardiac Services, led by HISI Committee Member, Ronan O’Brien. The company’s Nervecentre Software will be rolled out across 40 Irish hospitals and will facilitate access to unscheduled and emergency care services. Ronan O’Brien, Managing Director of Cardiac Services, said, “The introduction of this system promises ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


Ireland third highest in digital skills, Eurostat report shows

The world we inhabit and our professional environments are undergoing a profound alteration due to the influence of digital technologies. These technologies have a pervasive impact on various facets of our daily existence, encompassing routine activities like communication and shopping, as well as the functioning of enterprises and public services. The European Union has placed significant emphasis on digital transformation, exemplified by the Digital ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


Chat Control proposal: European Parliament agrees on major changes

During the last week of October, the European Parliament reached a historic broad majority agreement on a unified position regarding the European Commission’s controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal. The original CSAR proposal was dubbed the ‘Chat Control’ proposal due to its plan to legalise the scanning of private messages, even encrypted ones, as well as cloud storage spaces of individuals and ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


G7 leaders agree on Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct for AI

The G7 leaders, as well as the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, have agreed on International Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers as part of the Hiroshima AI process. These principles and the voluntary code will complement the EU's forthcoming legally binding rules outlined in the EU AI Act. The G7 ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


Meet the ADPO Committee

The ADPO Executive Committee have been elected to represent all Data Protection members. We aim to do this by focusing on the following areas: Provide accredited training for you to up-skill Yearly Conference and regular events & webinars to learn, share & broaden your network Lobbying for positive integration of data protection both in Ireland and across Europe This month we would like to introduce you ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


An Update on the AI Act from Kai Zenner

Written by Maria Moloney I was in Cluj-Napoca, Romania last week where I gave a keynote speech on data protection across various industries. I attended a conference which launched a platform for start-ups entitled Techeconomics. Cluj-Napoca is at the centre of Romania’s tech industry, and it plays an important role in the development of the technology industry in Eastern Europe. During my time ...

   Tuesday, October 31st


TU Dublin Students Create Innovative Tech-Based Solutions to Tackle Healthcare Issues

Students studying a range of Computing, Digital and Data courses at TU Dublin have spent two days brainstorming technological solutions affecting patient well-being during the third annual health hackathon in association with Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Taking place on the University’s Tallaght Campus, the students were split into teams and asked to develop a tech-based solution ...

   Friday, September 29th