Article Eight Advocacy

We're an independent, volunteer-run not for profit organisation which advocates for data subject rights in Ireland.

[Article Eight Advocacy @ArticleEightIE]

We recently made a submission to a public consultation by the Data Protection Commission of Ireland. They wanted input to help them develop their regulatory strategy.

[DigitalRightsIreland @DRIalerts]

DRI is deeply alarmed by Friday's secret High Court order requiring mobile phone companies operating in Ireland to engage in mass surveillance. We demand answers to the following 20 questions from the Minister for Justice:

https://t.co/IlYMFAHCCN

[Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈 @ICCLtweet]

Last week the Government added a last-minute amendment to a miscellaneous provisions bill that would muzzle critics of the Data Protection Commission.

We are calling on all parties in the Dáil to challenge this when it is up for final debate on Wednesday.
https://t.co/w3ILbuvyiD

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

👏 Good news - @EUCourtPress rules consumers seeking compensation for #GDPR breaches can do so without proving specific threshold for ‘seriousness’ of harm. This applies 🇪🇺-wide: any national law/practice obliging consumers to meet that threshold won't be compatible with GDPR 👇

[EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress]

#ECJ: Mere infringement of the #GDPR does not give rise to a right to compensation 👉 https://t.co/ATb3CgbPxg

[Data Protection Law Database @DPL_rewind]

on this day in 2014 the 🇪🇺 EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress ruled in Joined Cases C‑293/12 and C‑594/12 (Digital Rights Ireland), declaring the #DataRetention Directive invalid, and in Case C‑288/12, about the independence of the 🇭🇺 DPA

[Holly Cairns TD @HollyCairnsTD]

The government intends to pass its disgracefully inadequate 'redress scheme' for Mother and Baby home survivors through the Dáil on Wed.

The scheme excludes 40% of survivors and denies healthcare to two-thirds.

This is our last chance to make a difference and to demand better.

[Clann Project @clann_project]

📣 #MotherAndBabyHomes survivors & adopted people need your help!

ℹ️Govt intends to pass its ‘redress’ scheme through the Dáil on Wednesday.

🚨The scheme excludes 40% of survivors & denies healthcare to two-thirds.

✉️Click here show your support! https://t.co/0USHHLVeLK

[Council of Europe #AI @CoE_DigitalGov]

#Convention108 has been protecting you and your #data for over 40 years and will continue to do so for much longer 🌐

↘️ DYK that in 2018, the treaty was modernised to meet #privacy challenges in the #digital age?
Know more https://t.co/EhhuU95Bbw

#DataProtectionDay #DPD2023

[Council of Europe @coe]

Each 28 January we invite you to celebrate #DataProtectionDay.

The date is symbolic for the Council of Europe, since this is when the #DataProtection convention was opened for signature in 1981.

📌 #Convention108+
ℹ️ https://t.co/GXbPegdIDS
👉 @CoE_DigitalGov

#PrivacyDay

[Article Eight Advocacy @ArticleEightIE]

This is a significant clarification from the Court on the information data controllers are obliged to provide to data subjects when responding to a Subject Access Request.

➡️ Press release: https://t.co/QLGD5YGytv

➡️ Judgment: https://t.co/P0w3GGfIbV

[Simon McGarr @[email protected] @Tupp_Ed]

The head of the Department of Social Protection has been hotly denying something meaningless re the PSC cards and biometric data. He insists the department doesn't 'track' biometric data.

What he admits to (near the bottom) is processing biometric data.
https://t.co/YCBzHL2IHc

[EDPS @EU_EDPS]

Our newsletter 97 is out now! Learn about and sign up to our upcoming Supervision Conference. Read up on our latest audit on three of the EU's large IT systems. Catch up on our Formal Comments on Smart Meters, our latest Supervisory Opinion, and more! https://t.co/M7X7jGZ43Q

[Article Eight Advocacy @ArticleEightIE]

This guide is also available on our site, along with information on how to make a GDPR Subject Access Request for personal data.

https://t.co/7HdWEFfQev

[Clann Project @clann_project]

ℹ️ @ArticleEightIE & @clann_project have published an Interim Guide to Accessing Records Under the Birth Information & Tracing Act. The guide will be under constant review & will be updated as new information is available. Please share far & wide.

https://t.co/65glDygxc2

[Clann Project @clann_project]

ℹ️ @ArticleEightIE & @clann_project have published an Interim Guide to Accessing Records Under the Birth Information & Tracing Act. The guide will be under constant review & will be updated as new information is available. Please share far & wide.

https://t.co/65glDygxc2

[Simon McGarr @[email protected] @Tupp_Ed]

This insistence on sending data to a GP was illegal, and the Dept eventually acknowledged it was illegal, but refused to change their behaviour to bring it in line with EU law. They insisted, contrary to EU legal principles, that they were still bound by a Statutory Instrument.

[Article Eight Advocacy @ArticleEightIE]

A very useful resource.

[ECHR CEDH @ECHR_CEDH]

Knowledge Sharing platform of the Court (ECHR-KS) is now accessible to the public through the public https://t.co/LIqcBSVto6. ECHR-KS is an intuitive platform which provides detailed and up-to-date analysis of the Court’s case-law
https://t.co/F1p9zMngYi

[Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈 @ICCLtweet]

Very significant from the UN! Four Special Rapporteurs have jointly raised concerns about the Govt's plans to introduce Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) through the Garda (Recording Devices) Bill. UN letter https://t.co/cl9IfS5h3v? and State response https://t.co/NBk2r32B9C

[Clann Project @clann_project]

Huge thanks to @loughlin from @ArticleEightIE who has put together interim guidance for people applying under the legislation. In essence, we're advising people to also apply under the GDPR:

https://t.co/EYIvRunrVQ

[Article Eight Advocacy @ArticleEightIE]

The more often this point is made the better.

[Alessandro Mantelero @mantelero]

@W_Wiewiorowski in Naples at the @GPDP_IT State of Privacy: "we are not protecting data, we are protecting human beings" @EU_EDPS