Burke and Eir: Judgment of Mr Justice Max Barrett

Burke v Eir judgment This is a judgment by Mr Justice Max Barrett in a pre-trial application in which Eir sought to dismiss a claim of a breach of the Data Protection Acts (1988 & 2003) brought by a Mr Michael Burke.There are several points of interest in this judgment:  The time elapsed between Mr […]

A Decision by the DPC concerning a Subject Access Request to a telecommunications service provider​

A Decision by the DPC concerning a Subject Access Request to a telecommunications service provider This is a decision issued by the DPC in April 2020 concerning a Data Subject Access Request (SAR) made to a telecommunications service provider in 2016. The data subject’s details have been redacted and they have requested that this decision […]

Tracking #2

C-19-8-448 Subject Access Request to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection​

C-19-8-448 Subject Access Request to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Synopsis: This page tracks the correspondence involved in what should have been a straightforward data subject access request, which the data controller refused to comply with, which in turn led to multiple interactions with the Data Protection Commission and remains unresolved at […]

Keeping Track

Keeping Track This is the index page of the Keeping Track section. We’ll be adding to this over time. We want to keep track of how long complaints to and other interactions with the Data Protection Commission are taking. We’d also like to have a better idea of common problems people are encountering when they […]