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Letterkenny patient records video investigation by Data Protection Commissioner

An investigation into HSE data breaches that are linked to videos of paper medical records being posted online has been initiated by the Data Protection Commissioner. RTE says it understands “one of the incidents relates to a video posted on TikTok ...

30 May 2024 at 15:50

Northern Ireland

We’re running out of comparable all-island data post-Brexit – academic

A senior human rights academic has said we are “running out of data that is comparable” north and south of the border post-Brexit and now is the time to find a solution. Dr Iris Elliot, the head of policy and research at the Irish Human Rights and ...

14 Apr 2024 at 11:00

National News

Taoiseach defends data centres as Social Democrats question climate ambitions

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said a solution to the high energy consumption of data centres is to make sure that they are powered through renewable energy, as opposition TDs questioned the Government’s belief in climate science. He was responding ...

13 Jun 2023 at 15:41

Northern Ireland

Man, 50, in court for possessing documents following PSNI data breach

A man charged with possessing documents following a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) data breach will appear in court on Monday. PSNI said the 50-year-old, who has been charged with possessing documents or records likely to be useful ...

21 Aug 2023 at 03:02

Northern Ireland

Man charged with possessing documents related to PSNI data breach

A man has been charged with possessing documents in relation to last week’s major data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland. In an error made by a junior member of staff when responding to a Freedom of Information request, ...

19 Aug 2023 at 22:30

National News

Irish watchdog launches probe into Google’s AI model

Ireland’s data watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s AI model. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Thursday that it has commenced a statutory inquiry into Google under Section 110 of the Data Protection Act. ...

12 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Man, 50, will appear in court following major data breach at PSNI

A man will appear in court on Monday charged with possessing documents in relation to a major data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). In an error made by a junior member of staff when responding to a Freedom ...

20 Aug 2023 at 00:19

National News

Meta fined more than 250 million euro by Irish data commission following breach

Meta has been fined more than 250 million euro (£206 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission over a data breach. The breach affected approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which some three million were ...

17 Dec 2024 at 19:08

Northern Ireland

Secretary of State speaks to police chief over ‘very serious’ PSNI data breach

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met the Chief Constable of the PSNI over the unprecedented data breach that saw personal and employment data published online. Chris Heaton-Harris said he is being kept “abreast ...

09 Aug 2023 at 15:01

National News

Taylor Swift's Ireland concert caused 'seismic event' due to huge crowds 'shaking it off'

Researchers have found that Taylor Swift triggered seismic activity during the three nights of her Eras Tour at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium recently, with activity from fans 'shaking it off' being tracked more than 100km away. ...

12 Jul 2024 at 13:56

Arts & Entertainment

Eurovision 2023: Five things we already know about the grand final

The winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will not be decided until Saturday night, but we already know the line-up of songs has broken records and made history. Drawing on analysis of each of the 1,399 songs to ...

12 May 2023 at 14:17

National News

TikTok’s first European data centre comes online to combat privacy fears

TikTok has confirmed that its first European data centre in Ireland is now operational and the social media giant has begun to migrate European user data to the site, as part of its ongoing response to data privacy ...

05 Sept 2023 at 12:00

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