Ireland: Data Protection

Subscribe
Privacy law and privacy regulation thought leadership, articles, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics including GDPR, data protection, data privacy, and privacy protection.
Article
Representative Actions In Ireland: New Rules, First Judgment
Ireland's new High Court rules establish a clear procedural framework for representative consumer actions, while the landmark ICCL v Microsoft case clarifies key questions about admissibility requirements and the burden of proof under GDPR. These developments provide businesses and qualified entities with greater certainty about how collective redress claims will be conducted, though significant cost barriers remain despite the new court fee exemption.
Ireland Litigation
AC
Arthur Cox
Article
Employee’s Appeal Dismissed: Employer Not The Controller Of Non-Work-Related Data On Work Phone
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision finding that an employer was not responsible as a data controller for personal data stored on a work device. The case arose from a 2021 HSE cyberattack where an employee's personal accounts and cryptocurrency were compromised on his work phone. The ruling clarifies the scope of data protection complaints and the extent of regulatory investigation obligations.
Ireland Privacy
WF
William Fry
Article
Data For Sale: Can Insolvent Companies Realise The Value Of Corporate Data?
Spirit Airlines' proposed $10 million sale of a massive de-identified corporate dataset to Google in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings raises fundamental questions about whether operational business data can be treated as a realisable asset in insolvency. The transaction highlights the legal tension between preserving a dataset's commercial utility and ensuring individuals cannot be identified, particularly when the data maintains referential integrity across multiple systems.
Ireland Insolvency
WF
William Fry
Article
AG Opinion Flags New Data Retention Compliance Risks For Irish Telecoms
The European Court of Justice's Advocate General has delivered an opinion suggesting that the proportionality of data retention regimes should be assessed not only by the categories of data retained, but also by the technical arrangements surrounding that retention. This opinion raises questions about whether Ireland's 2022 Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act provides sufficiently...
Ireland Privacy
M
Matheson
Article
New Developments In Norwich Pharmacal Jurisdiction
The Irish High Court has expanded the scope of Norwich Pharmacal Orders beyond traditional litigation contexts, ruling that RTÉ must disclose unedited undercover footage from nursing homes to support a regulatory investigation. This landmark decision addresses critical questions about when courts can compel third parties to provide information, the boundaries of journalistic material disclosure, and how privacy rights balance against urgent public interest in regulatory enforcement.
Ireland Litigation
WF
William Fry
Article
New CJEU Guidance On Dawn Raid Powers And Seizure Of Business Emails
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on the extent of competition authorities' powers to seize business emails during antitrust investigations without prior judicial authorization. This landmark decision addresses fundamental questions about the balance between effective competition law enforcement and the protection of corporate communications under EU fundamental rights law.
Ireland Anti-trust
AC
Arthur Cox
See more

Latest Videos

See more