News items

Articles

• ‘Mandatory data breach reporting - recent developments’, by Colin Rooney, Arthur Cox
• ‘Money laundering and data protection - where do we stand?’, by Richard Jones, Clifford Chance
• ‘Data Protection in the gaming industry’, by James Brunger, Amy Cullen and Scott Allardyce, Bristows
• ‘Article 29 Working Party Opinion on Smart Metering’, by Monika Kuschewsky and Laura De Boel, Associate, Van Bael & Bellis

News items

• Online behavioural advertising framework lambasted
• Facebook Ireland Ltd under investigation
• Jobs site notifies users of breach
• Biometric scanners at Dublin airport

Articles

• ‘New rules on cookies - what they say and what omissions from the early draft tell us’, by Philip Nolan and Oisin Tobin, Mason Hayes & Curran
• ‘Clarifying consent’, by Eduardo Ustaran, Partner and Victoria Hordern, Senior Associate at Field Fisher Waterhouse
• ‘Privacy backlash - freedom campaigners’ fantasy or imminent peril for business?’, by Peter Carey, Consultant to Charles Russell
• ‘Data protection in India’, by Shamma Iqbal, Associate at Covington & Burling LLP

News items

• Council under investigation for data mismanagement
• Mobile phone companies take urgent measures
• Hawkes investigates after eircom customers were sent warning letters in error
• Welfare users to face bank scans?

Articles

• 'Geolocation services – where does the Article 29 Working Party stand?', by Philip Nolan & Oisin Tobin, Mason Hayes+Curran

• 'Annual Report 2010 – the highlights', by Colin Rooney, Arthur Cox

• 'Whistleblowing – avoiding the hot water when others let off steam', by Stephanie Pritchett, Pritchetts

News items

• Data breach at Trinity College
• More complaints from concerned employees
• Telecomms companies fined for unlawful marketing

Articles

• 'Complying with the Data Protection Acts when outsourcing to the cloud', by Stephanie Pritchett, Pritchetts
• 'RFID — the current state of play', by Monika Kuschewsky and Laura De Boel, Van Bael & Bellis
• Book review:  'Cloud Computing - a practical introduction to the legal issues', by Renzo Marchini.  ISBN-13: 978-0580703225.  By Peter O’Neill, Mason Hayes+Curran

News items

• Organisations need to focus on DP awareness
• Recruitment data compromised in website breach
• Working Party approves RFID Framework

Articles

• 'Cloud computing and data protection', by Gary Comiskey, Deloitte
• 'Guidance from the Article 29 Working Party on the complex issue of applicable law', by Colin Rooney, Arthur Cox
• 'The right to be forgotten: can legislation put the data genie back in the bottle?', by Kate Brimsted, Herbert Smith
• Book Review: 'Data Protection: A Practical Guide to Irish and EU Law',  Author: Peter Carey, by Adam Finlay, McCann FitzGerald

News items

• Hackers get supersized with Honda and McDonalds
• Payment data of Irish farmers withdrawn from public scrutiny
• Data security breach at the White House

Articles

• 'How long should I keep data for?', by Stephanie Pritchett, Pritchetts
• 'Remember the software! Data protection perils of application testing and development', by Peter Carey, Charles Russell
• 'A new strategy for reform — the EU Data Protection Directive', by Monika Kuschewsky and Laura De Boel, Van Bael & Bellis
• 'Survey: Consent to the processing of children’s data across the EU', by Nicola Fulford, Bristows

News items

• Major breach of 1,500 patient records at HSE
• European Commission to take Austria to court
• Facebook apps breaching its own rules

Articles

• ‘The Data Breach Code of Practice: Developments on Breach Notification Requirements’, by Colin Rooney, Associate at Arthur Cox
• ‘Redefining “personal data” — can the opinion live up to the hype?’, by Dan Cooper, of Covington & Burling LLP
• ‘Working Party Opinion on principle of accountability — new obligations for data controllers or old wine in new bottles?’, by Monika Kuschewsky, Partner at Van Bael & Bellis
• ‘Data Protection Breach forces European Commission to reconsider data transfers with Israel’, by Ciaran Ward, Information Officer at Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

News items

• DPC launches Annual Report
• IP addresses are personal, says FTC Chairman
• Russian hacker selling Facebook accounts

Articles

• 'Three strikes and data protection is out', by Partners at Arthur Cox, Conor McDonnell and Rob Corbet, and Trainee Solicitor, Colm Bellew
• 'Data protection and direct marketing — Part 1', by Annette Orange, Partner at McCann FitzGerald Solicitors
• 'Working Party confirms ‘controller’ and ‘processor’ distinction', by Bridget Treacy, Partner at Hunton & Williams

News items

• Travel company goes bust, losing data of 90,000 in process
• German ruling spells challenges ahead for Ireland?
• DPC in talks over ID cards

Articles

• 'Nothing to declare but… my iris?' by Yvonne Cunnane, Matheson Ormsby Prentice
• 'Data protection in the public sector — lessons from the Revenue Audit' by Cian Blackwell, Business Risk Services at Grant Thornton
• 'Data protection and the investigation of offences — are they compatible?' by Rob Corbet, Arthur Cox

News items

• Hawkes says global standards for internet privacy a must
• DPC recommends diverse range of measures
• Working Party declares Israel and Andorra ‘adequate’

Articles

• What is the best way forward for mandatory breach notification?' by Annette Orange and Moya Moore at McCann FitzGerald
• 'New EU cookie rule - a practical way forward' by Eduardo Ustaran at Field Fisher Waterhouse
• 'Anonymisation and pseudo-anonymisation of personal data' by Nick Graham and Sean Crowley at Denton Wilde Sapte
• 'US online behavioural advertising - the changing landscape' by Julie O’Neill at Morrison & Foerster

News items

• Data sharing provision provokes Hawkes to get tough
• Ireland “modest” with spammers
• 1 in 5 Irish business experience data leak
• Review Group’s consultation closes

Articles

• 'The interaction of data protection and FOI law in Ireland' by Colin Rooney at Arthur Cox
• 'Using ISO 27001 to develop a security awareness program' by Brian Honan, Director at BH Consulting
• 'PCI DSS compliance — meeting the requirements' by Cian Blackwell and Mark Gahan, Manager at Grant Thornton

News items

• Property prices should be published in categories, says Hawkes
• AIB warns of online scamming
• Google to address Swiss concerns

Articles

• 'Data Protection and cloud computing' by Paul Lavery at McCann FitzGerald
• 'Standard contractual clauses for data transfers outside of the EEA' by Rob Corbet and Úna Ní Mhurchú, at Arthur Cox
• 'Security breach notification in Europe' by Kristof Van Quathem at Covington & Burling LLP

News items

• Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009 published
• HSE to centralize all medical data
• US seek to delay UBS action
• Expected growth in cloud computing

Articles

• 'The Commissioner’s Annual Report - selected highlights' by Paul Lavery, McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors
• 'Recent prosecutions in the mobile text marketing sector' by Data Protection Ireland
• 'Unsolicited marketing — has risking noncompliance become a high-risk strategy?' by Annette Orange, McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors

News items

• Data breach notification - mandatory by 2012
• Privacy notices work best in tables
• Farmers’ EU grant payments made public
• France authorises surveillance of piracy violators

Articles

• 'Using IT to support compliance with four key Rules' by Gary Comiskey, Senior Manager at Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte
• 'US pre-trial discovery - reconciled with European data protection law' by Monika Kuschewsky, Partner at Van Bael & Bellis
• 'Cloud computing - data protection concerns unwrapped' by Bridget Treacy, Partner at Hunton & Williams
• 'Dirty work - criminal aspects of bin trawling' by Ashley Roughton, Hogarth Chambers and Dy'ann Heward-Mills, Linklaters

News items

• Chrome victorious in browser hacking war

• Commissioner advises job seekers

• Starbucks in class action suit

• Law firm recruited to review online services framework

Articles

Contents

Volume 2, Issue 1

January/February 2009

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News items

• Ireland to follow suit in police home hacking?
• Firms urged to delete data
• Taoiseach takes Commissioner to court
• Help to avoid cyber-attacks

Articles

• 'New series: How to...stay out of the news' by Sinead Ovenden, Director of Regulatory Compliance at Deloitte

• 'Whistleblower hotlines and data protection' by Richard Jones at Clifford Chance LLP, and Josephine Warren at BBC World News

• 'Data security - compliance and controls' by Paul C Dwyer, CEO at TeamInfoSec

• 'DPO survey - the results' - Staggering absence of data protection officers, 'DPO survey - the results' by news team at Data Protection Ireland

Contents

Volume 1, Issue 6

November/December 2008

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News items

• Office co-sponsors agreement to limit child internet data
• Gardaí retention request contravenes EU law?
• Ireland signs up for BCR commitment
• Google grief

Articles

• 'Cross border bodies - when and to whom does the obligation to notify arise?' by Marie Anderson, Solicitor at McManus Kearney

• 'Dealing with staff data breaches' by employment specialist Gabriella Wright

• 'How to combat identity theft in the corporate world - an essential guide' by Peter Wood, Chief of Operations at First Base Technologies

• 'Tapping affair establishes new privacy right' by Rob Corbet and Claire Walsh at Arthur Cox

Contents

Volume 1, Issue 5

September/October 2008

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News items

• Autumn arrival for new travel card
• New safeguards for archives data?
• Commissioner intervenes in dispute over famers’ data
• No precedent for assignation, says Hawkes

Articles

• 'Child Protection and Social Networking' by Annette Orange at McCann FitzGerald Solicitors

• 'The devil and the deep blue sea - US & EU discussions on sharing personal data' by Richard Jones, Director of Data Privacy at Clifford Chance LLP

• 'Data security obligations - under scrutiny once again' by Anne-Marie Bohan, Matheson Ormsby Prentice

Contents

Volume 1, Issue 4

July/August 2008

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News items

• Investigation over leaks
• Pact on terror and privacy closer
• Irish surveillance taken too far
• Prize for best practice goes to...

Articles

• 'A practical approach to data protection challenges and compliance' by Liam McKenna, Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers

• '“Need to know” access in the workplace' by The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

• 'MySpace or yours? Data privacy and social networking' by Annette Orange at McCann FitzGerald Solicitors

• 'Safe Harbor, Safe Hands' by Mark Watts, Partner at Bristows

Contents

Volume 1, Issue 3

May/June 2008

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News items

• Commissioner publishes list of privacy threats
• Solicitors’ firms put on notice
• HSE warned on data breach
• Naked in the airport

Articles

• 'Data security breaches' by Don McAleese, Head of Information Technology Law Group at Matheson Ormsby Prentice in Dublin

• ''The Ultimate Guide to data protection, Part III' by Catrin Prys-Williams, Accenture in Dublin

• 'Online behavioural advertising guidelines to be issued in the US' by Julie O’Neill, from US firm Kelley Drye Collier Shannon

Contents

Volume 1, Issue 2

March/April 2008

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News items

• Charity benefits from data quality
• Minister says ‘no’ to new privacy law
• Medical data retention - maximum periods
• Poor data quality in the private sector

Articles

• 'Irish law enforcement - data privacy issues' by Professor Robert Clark, Arthur Cox

• 'The Ultimate Guide to data protection, Part II' by Catrin Prys-Williams, Accenture in Dublin

• ''Outsourcing - data protection consideration' by Annette Orange, McCann FitzGerald

Contents

Volume 1, Issue 1

January/February 2008

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News items

• Ireland relegated in privacy report
• Ireland - top destination for outsourcing
• AIB - data breach
• RFID to be reviewed at European level

Articles

• 'The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in 2008' by Billy Hawkes, the Data Protection Commissioner

• 'The Ultimate Guide to data protection, Part I'
  by Catrin Prys-Williams, Accenture in Dublin

• 'Medical data—the latest thinking' by Annette Orange, McCann FitzGerald