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Under the DPC’s draft decision, Facebook would be allowed to dispense with the need to ask users for consent to use their data and to provide the right to opt out of such consent each time they log on to the platform.

Instead, consent would be one of the terms and conditions of the contract accepted by users when they sign up for the service in the first place. And they would not be able to opt out without being shut out of the social media platform altogether.

According to Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice of Ireland, hate speech is not about free speech. She said hate speech is intended to silence people and to make them afraid to open up.

cross-posted from: https://community.nicfab.it/post/19157

Twitter has told the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) that there are currently no changes to controllership or to its Irish board.

The DPC met Twitter's new acting Data Protection Officer this week to discuss concerns about the departures of senior executives from the company.

Among those who left recently was its Chief Privacy and Data Protection Officer, Irish man Damien Kieran.

cross-posted from: https://community.nicfab.it/post/18968

The Irish data protection will monitor closely the situation at Twitter after the social media company said it would continue to make decisions on the processing of personal data for EU users from their Irish office.

The Data Protection Commissioner, the lead regulator for some of the biggest tech giants operating in Europe, met representatives from Twitter on Monday afternoon after raising concerns about the company’s obligations under EU rules.

The Irish watchdog had requested a meeting with Twitter late last week to establish whether the social media platform would continue to make decisions in terms of the processing of personal data for EU users from their Irish office.

cross-posted from: https://community.nicfab.it/post/18969

Helmed by erratic new owner Elon Musk, Twitter is no longer fulfilling key obligations required for it to claim Ireland as its so-called main establishment under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a source familiar with the matter has told TechCrunch. Our source, who is well placed, requested and was granted anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the issue — which could have major ramifications for Twitter and for Musk. Like many major tech firms with customers across the European Union, Twitter currently avails itself of a mechanism in the GDPR known as the one-stop shop (OSS). This is beneficial because it allows the company to streamline regulatory administration by being able to engage exclusively with a lead data supervisor in the EU Member State where it is “main established” (in Twitter’s case, Ireland), rather than having to accept inbound from data protection authorities across the bloc.

That a senior Irish politician would take the time to weigh in on the fate of the mostly foreign employees of a Big Tech company based in San Francisco, at a time when Ireland is facing a cost of living crisis, energy crisis, and migrant crisis, may be evidence of what some see as the left-liberal establishment’s obsession with what is said and what can be said on Twitter, long a playground for leftist politics and partisan journalism.

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Makes you wonder why more parents are not opting to have one of them stay home and enjoy the kids while they are young.

They cannot be coming out ahead financially if the are spending a third of their pre tax income on child care.

I bet the childcare costs are inflated by government regulations.

cross-posted from: https://community.nicfab.it/post/14421

The office of the Data Protection Commissioner is examining a data breach at dairy processor Tirlán, concerning the private data of farmers being sent to incorrect recipients.

Tirlán has apologised to its milk suppliers over the issue which occurred when monthly milk statements for August were sent to suppliers.

A significant number of those statements, which are issued by a third-party company, contained data not belonging to the recipients.

cross-posted from: https://community.nicfab.it/post/14034

The European Commission has defended its monitoring of data protection rules in Ireland.

The Commission was replying to a request for more information from the EU Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly.

She launched an investigation in February following a complaint to her office from Dr Johnny Ryan, a senior fellow at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

He had expressed concerns about the Commission's monitoring of Ireland's application of data protection rules.

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“I cannot do that, transgenderism is contrary to my Christian belief,” Burke told the High Court.

He said the school’s request was contrary to the ethos of the school and the teachings of the Church of Ireland in addition to the teachings of all major religions in Ireland.

He said he respected the law and the court system but added that he could not comply with the court order as doing so would make him a hypocrite.

Burke said he could not purge his contempt because he believed it was something he considered to be a breach of his Christian beliefs.