Minister for Data Protection, Pat Breen, gave clarity on Ireland’s position on Data Transfers with the UK post-Brexit at the National Data Protection Conference at Croke Park in January. Read more here
The European Commission has adopted today its adequacy decision on Japan, allowing personal data to flow freely between the two economies on the basis of strong protection guarantees. Read more here
The European Commission has predicted that 90 per cent of future jobs will require digital skills at either a basic or higher level. Therefore Ireland has a critical need for digital skills. Linda Keane from ICS shares her thoughts. Read more here
On 29 January 2019, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Mozilla and the trade associations representing the advertising sector submitted their first reports on the measures they are taking to comply with the Code of Practice on Disinformation. Read more here
