Data Protection Commission (Ireland)
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is Ireland's independent national supervisory authority for data protection. It oversees compliance with the GDPR, the Irish ePrivacy Regulations, and the Law Enforcement Directive, and upholds individuals' rights regarding their personal data.www.dataprotection.ie
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Oct 6, 2026
Anne DohertyHOST
And now there's been loads of, like, challenges from the big companies, like X versus Coimisiún na Meán in 2026.
Anne DohertyHOST
Also, TikTok versus the Data Protection Commission.
Anne DohertyHOST
They tried to push back against the big fines that they were being, that was being offloaded and charged against them because of their behavior and because of their non-conformity with regulation across the EU.
Anne DohertyHOST
And then most importantly, and really it, it just, it's so worth mentioning again, there's Coco's Law.
TJ McIntyreGUEST
Now, this can be done in a couple of different ways.
TJ McIntyreGUEST
The Data Protection Commission should be looking into the wider issues associated with this, including the way in which this data is also being streamed back to Meta and the uses that Meta is making of that, which is a separate problem.
TJ McIntyreGUEST
But yes, I think we should look to the
speaker_0HOST
Norwegian experience here.
Ciaran MurphyHOST
yeah one of the one of the well you know they were on Live Ladder they were on RT Radio Wood last weekend representatives from the three clubs and certainly there was there was talk from one of them that you know they can pick up their commemorative jerseys anytime anytime they like you know and yeah it did make me puke a small bit in my mouth but listen you know on you know that that's fine you know i'm i'm it this is not an attack on those three j clubs this kind of stuff
Eoin McDevittHOST
works though murph this kind of stuff we've seen it on a larger scale with trump buying doom peg and supplying employment to the local community and just making everyone down not just there but everyone who visited recently for the irish open think what what what great crack that was so I'd imagine some local people will be able to overlook the 2.5 billion euro that he owes the Irish people through the Data Protection Commission, for example.
Eoin McDevittHOST
Mm-hmm.
Ciaran MurphyHOST
Yeah.
Eoin McDevittHOST
This kind of stuff, we've seen it on a larger scale with Trump buying Doonbeg and, uh, supplying employment to the local community and just making everyone down, not just there, but everyone who visited recently for the Irish Open think what a, what, what great craic that was.
Eoin McDevittHOST
So I, I, I'd imagine some local people will be able to overlook the 2.5 billion euro that he owes the Irish people through the Data Protection Commission, for example.
Ciarán MurphyHOST
Mm-hmm.
Ciarán MurphyHOST
Yeah.
Paul BreitbarthHOST
403 million euro.
Paul BreitbarthHOST
Irish Data Protection Commission against Google.
Paul BreitbarthHOST
This is an own-volition inquiry launched already in February 2020. based on complaints by consumer rights organizations on Google's processing of location data.
Paul BreitbarthHOST
So the DPC investigated, looked at three specific features, web and app activity, location history, location accuracy, that Google processed, and there were concerns about the lawfulness and fairness of the processing of the data, the accountability obligations, especially no lawfulness on a good people basis, also not able to demonstrate that, also insufficient transparency for all of these, and also the retention of the location data.
Johnny RyanGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
Johnny RyanGUEST
And I was walking to meet people in the Irish Data Protection Commission.
Johnny RyanGUEST
And as I passed, I walked by the actor who played Littlefinger, also Tommy Carchetti in The Wire.
Johnny RyanGUEST
Well, he lives very near.
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Johnny RyanGUEST
I remember I was working with a lawyer, Ravi Naik, when I was sending complaints and evidence to the regulator, and he said, you need to sue these people.
Johnny RyanGUEST
He was saying it for quite a few years before I did it.
Johnny RyanGUEST
And I remember in those early days, just as the GDPR was coming in, feeling like the people I was talking to in the Irish Data Protection Commission, like maybe they might actually deliver and the market would get the signal early, we have to abide by this rule.
Johnny RyanGUEST
and publishing would be on a more sustainable footing.
Aidan FarrellyGUEST
We're all involved in child welfare issues.
Aidan FarrellyGUEST
And child safeguarding and Meta is one of those companies when it comes to fines from the Data Protection Commission, significant fines remain unpaid.
Aidan FarrellyGUEST
I spoke
Cormac Ó hEadhraHOST
with one of the officers of one of the clubs today and he told me there was no disgruntlement.
Paul MurphyGUEST
It doesn't have the right of people to opt out of AI.
Paul MurphyGUEST
We have the Data Protection Commission who goes
Gabija GataveckaiteCORRESPONDENT
after Meta and all these big companies and gives them fines.
Gabija GataveckaiteCORRESPONDENT
I mean, that's doing something at least, isn't it?
Dusty RhodesHOST
This week, Trump takes to the stage at the UN.
Dusty RhodesHOST
OpenAI and Anthropic aren't far behind.
Dusty RhodesHOST
And Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner gets tough on Google with a massive record GDPR fine.
Dusty RhodesHOST
Plus, our guest Sean Lynn from Riggle talks about the missing link between technologists and teachers.
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This is Tech Radio with Dusty Rhodes and Niall Kitson.
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Dusty RhodesHOST
like, if you left every app send you a notification, your phone would not stop.
Dusty RhodesHOST
Like, you know, it's just, so it's that kind of like, you know, The way that they just want to get in and know everything there is to know about you, okay? And I don't trust Google.
Dusty RhodesHOST
And that is based partly on common sense, if you want to put it that way, partly on personal experience, and partly on the other big story this week, which is the Data Protection Commissioner has fined Google over 400 million euro, and it's all to do with how they've been processing people's data and not quite being black and white about it.
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Irish regulator hits Google with €403 million fine.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Ireland's Data Protection Commission found the tech giant had manipulated users into being constantly tracked and that users were unaware their location was being used to influence them with advertisements.
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Sydney suburb sours on Goodman's $798 million data centre.
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