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The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) confirms compliance of Google Cloud commitments for international data flows 2017-09-18

Millions of organizations use Google Cloud services every day, relying on Google to provide world-class privacy and security protections. Data protection is central to our mission, and we're always looking at ways to facilitate our customers’ compliance journey.

Data Protection Group speaking at GDPR Summit Croke Park on Data Breaches. 2017-09-14

GDPR.ie CEO Paul McCourtney  with  John Keyes, Assistant Commissioner | Investigations, Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and our Lawyer David Fagan Head of Privacy, Legal & Compliance Data Protection Group at @TechSummits #gdpr17 @CrokePark this week run by The Sunday Business Past. David Fagan was presenting to the summit on how to deal with Security Breaches?

An Post can't say how it got a woman's data to send out a TV licence 2017-07-15

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An Post says that it cannot tell members of the public how it obtains names and addresses as it is “not in the public interest”.

Facebook puts DPO stake in Dublin ground 2017-06-20

Personal details of nearly 200 million US citizens exposed 2017-06-20

Command centre also set up to easy data location for services in the EU following requirements in the GDPR 2017-06-20

Revealed: Facebook exposed identities of moderators to suspected terrorists 2017-06-16

Facebook put the safety of its content moderators at risk after inadvertently exposing their personal details to suspected terrorist users of the social network, the Guardian has learned.

SPAIN—DPA Releases Guidelines on Cloud Computing Services 2017-06-14

In April, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (DPA) released several guidelines on cloud computing addressed, on the one hand, to providers of cloud computing services and, on the other hand, to their clients or users of those services.

Ireland: Preparing For The GDPR: A First Look At The Irish Data Protection Bill 2017-06-14

Last month, the Irish government published the General Scheme of the Data Protection Bill 2017 (the "Scheme"). This Scheme provides some insight into the Irish Government's legislative intent and approach towards those provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") where Member States are afforded a margin of flexibility.

SAP users look to software suppliers to help with fast-approaching GDPR 2017-06-14

An SAP UK and Ireland user group survey has found user organisations crying out for help as GDPR approaches, with cloud delivery a special concern