As I told the Oireachtas Justice Committee yesterday evening, Ireland is a tax haven and a digital haven.
When forced to act against Meta by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the DPC sued the EDPB instead.
It's a Wild West here. There is no sheriff. And no shame.
When forced to act against Meta by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the DPC sued the EDPB instead.
It's a Wild West here. There is no sheriff. And no shame.
March 25, 2026 at 3:26 PM
As I told the Oireachtas Justice Committee yesterday evening, Ireland is a tax haven and a digital haven.
When forced to act against Meta by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the DPC sued the EDPB instead.
It's a Wild West here. There is no sheriff. And no shame.
When forced to act against Meta by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the DPC sued the EDPB instead.
It's a Wild West here. There is no sheriff. And no shame.
If you're in the EU, or an EU citizen, then this is likely a GDPR violation.
Reporting sites for each country can be found here:
www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/a...
Reporting sites for each country can be found here:
www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/a...
July 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM
If you're in the EU, or an EU citizen, then this is likely a GDPR violation.
Reporting sites for each country can be found here:
www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/a...
Reporting sites for each country can be found here:
www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/a...
EDPB Report on Public Consultation:
EDPB Guidelines 03/2025 on the
interplay between the DSA and the
GDPR. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
EDPB Guidelines 03/2025 on the
interplay between the DSA and the
GDPR. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
September 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
EDPB Report on Public Consultation:
EDPB Guidelines 03/2025 on the
interplay between the DSA and the
GDPR. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
EDPB Guidelines 03/2025 on the
interplay between the DSA and the
GDPR. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
Latest developments applying EU data protection law to Meta
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EDPB issues binding decision banning Meta's targeted advertising practices
An unprecedented shakeup in the advertising technology space has arrived in Europe with the EDPB ordering a ban on Meta's targeted advertising practices.
iapp.org
November 3, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Latest developments applying EU data protection law to Meta
iapp.org/news/a/edpb-...
iapp.org/news/a/edpb-...
Oh boy, another data protection judgement otw - DPC vs EDPB
EU courts, upcoming 1/
Data protection law: judgments due 29 Jan in Irish data protection authority's challenge to European Data Protection Board ordering it to adopt fresh decisions and investigations re Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram
Data protection law: judgments due 29 Jan in Irish data protection authority's challenge to European Data Protection Board ordering it to adopt fresh decisions and investigations re Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram
January 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh boy, another data protection judgement otw - DPC vs EDPB
🍪🇪🇺 Pay or Okay systems require payment if you want to reject #cookies, nudging 99.9% of users to consent. Given the upcoming guidelines by the #EDPB on this highly controversial approach, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices.
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
‘Pay or Okay’ study: Users prefer a tracking-free “third option”
Given the upcoming "Pay or Okay" guidelines by the EDPB, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices
noyb.eu
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🍪🇪🇺 Pay or Okay systems require payment if you want to reject #cookies, nudging 99.9% of users to consent. Given the upcoming guidelines by the #EDPB on this highly controversial approach, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices.
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
Nobody asked for it, but I did it anyway.
A quick overview of the effect of yesterday’s EDPB Opinion (No 28/2024 for those keeping count) on the consequences for AI models built unlawfully using personal data.
www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2024/12/18/o...
A quick overview of the effect of yesterday’s EDPB Opinion (No 28/2024 for those keeping count) on the consequences for AI models built unlawfully using personal data.
www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2024/12/18/o...
Overview on EDPB Opinion 28/2024 on Personal Data in AI models - McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland
The European Data Protection Board has issued a guidance note on how to approach the regulation of artificial intelligence models. This was done at the request of the Irish Data Protection Commission ...
www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie
December 18, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Nobody asked for it, but I did it anyway.
A quick overview of the effect of yesterday’s EDPB Opinion (No 28/2024 for those keeping count) on the consequences for AI models built unlawfully using personal data.
www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2024/12/18/o...
A quick overview of the effect of yesterday’s EDPB Opinion (No 28/2024 for those keeping count) on the consequences for AI models built unlawfully using personal data.
www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2024/12/18/o...
Ahh yes, thanks contra legem EDPB soft law and DPA pro-industry stances!
Sara Brandstätter - Meta Platforms can start training its AI model with users' data in Germany after judges this afternoon rejected an urgent request for an injunction made over data protection fears.
Below is the press release: lnkd.in/dcJRqmHt.
Below is the press release: lnkd.in/dcJRqmHt.
May 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Ahh yes, thanks contra legem EDPB soft law and DPA pro-industry stances!
Trade tariffs are not the only headache for Europe. EU-US data transfers were never fully legal, but allowed for political reasons. Now even the minimum protections will be scrapped. The legal basis for transatlantic data transfers is no longer valid. Will @ec.europa.eu #EDPB #EDPS act? 1/
January 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trade tariffs are not the only headache for Europe. EU-US data transfers were never fully legal, but allowed for political reasons. Now even the minimum protections will be scrapped. The legal basis for transatlantic data transfers is no longer valid. Will @ec.europa.eu #EDPB #EDPS act? 1/
🚨 BREAKING: I told you the EDPB opinion was GAME-CHANGING: only 2 days after it was published, The Italian Data Protection Authority imposed a 15 million euro fine on OpenAI based on it. THIS WAS FAST!
👉 Read my deep dive into the EDPB Opinion (and join 43,000+ subscribers of my newsletter) below.
👉 Read my deep dive into the EDPB Opinion (and join 43,000+ subscribers of my newsletter) below.
December 20, 2024 at 1:48 PM
🚨 BREAKING: I told you the EDPB opinion was GAME-CHANGING: only 2 days after it was published, The Italian Data Protection Authority imposed a 15 million euro fine on OpenAI based on it. THIS WAS FAST!
👉 Read my deep dive into the EDPB Opinion (and join 43,000+ subscribers of my newsletter) below.
👉 Read my deep dive into the EDPB Opinion (and join 43,000+ subscribers of my newsletter) below.
"What is important is that the bodies scrutinising the supervisory bodies should themselves be independent. This is the case with the EDPB..."
EU courts, GDPR
New judgment: European Data Protection Board had competence to require Irish Data Protection Commission to begin wider investigation and issue new draft decisions re Meta (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp): curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
(EU General Court judgment; can be appealed to CJEU)
New judgment: European Data Protection Board had competence to require Irish Data Protection Commission to begin wider investigation and issue new draft decisions re Meta (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp): curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
(EU General Court judgment; can be appealed to CJEU)
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
January 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"What is important is that the bodies scrutinising the supervisory bodies should themselves be independent. This is the case with the EDPB..."
The EDPB adopted the final version of its guidelines on DSA & GDPR. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
September 22, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The EDPB adopted the final version of its guidelines on DSA & GDPR. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
EDPB Letter to the European Commission on US Supreme Court judgment Trump v. Slaughter. www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/ed...
August 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
EDPB Letter to the European Commission on US Supreme Court judgment Trump v. Slaughter. www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/ed...
EDPB have now published their opinion regarding processing of personal data in AI models. See www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-too...
December 18, 2024 at 10:36 AM
EDPB have now published their opinion regarding processing of personal data in AI models. See www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-too...
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and instagram.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
1. Opt out of facebook
www.facebook.com/help/contact...
and instagram.
help.instagram.com/contact/7672...
2. Find your country's agency on this list. Send an email to your EU data protection agency using the template below (copy the ALT-text and modify it).
www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/a...
www.facebook.com/help/contact...
and instagram.
help.instagram.com/contact/7672...
2. Find your country's agency on this list. Send an email to your EU data protection agency using the template below (copy the ALT-text and modify it).
www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/a...
The same OpenAI whose web scraping is not compliant with GDPR? Is Buffer compliant with GDPR?
finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
OpenAI’s “web scraping” still not compliant, warns EU regulator
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) stated that OpenAI's automated data collection did not comply with GDPR.
finance.yahoo.com
July 31, 2024 at 1:01 PM
The same OpenAI whose web scraping is not compliant with GDPR? Is Buffer compliant with GDPR?
finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
open.substack.com/pub/gateklon...
open.substack.com/pub/gateklon...
May 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
open.substack.com/pub/gateklon...
open.substack.com/pub/gateklon...
In case you don't have time to read the EDPB opinion on AI training, here's a summary of pretty much every paragraph.
December 18, 2024 at 3:35 PM
In case you don't have time to read the EDPB opinion on AI training, here's a summary of pretty much every paragraph.
📝Das EDPB stellt seinen "Datenschutzleitfaden für kleine Unternehmen" nunmehr auch auf Deutsch bereit: www.edpb.europa.eu/sme-data-pro.... #Datenschutz #DSGVO
May 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
📝Das EDPB stellt seinen "Datenschutzleitfaden für kleine Unternehmen" nunmehr auch auf Deutsch bereit: www.edpb.europa.eu/sme-data-pro.... #Datenschutz #DSGVO
👉 Read my deep dive into the EDPB Opinion here: www.luizasnewsletter.com/p/ai-compani...
🔔 AI Companies: The GDPR Is Knocking
A deep dive into EDPB Opinion 28/2024 | Paid-Subscriber Only | Edition #157
www.luizasnewsletter.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:48 PM
👉 Read my deep dive into the EDPB Opinion here: www.luizasnewsletter.com/p/ai-compani...
Another loss for Meta - The EU General Court of the has thrown out Meta’s challenge to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)’s opinion on “consent or pay” models. curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
May 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Another loss for Meta - The EU General Court of the has thrown out Meta’s challenge to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)’s opinion on “consent or pay” models. curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
FP Logue consultant @tjmcintyre.com authors important case digest on cross-border "legitimate interest" cases handled by the European Data Protection Board
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently published a report by our consultant solicitor TJ McIntyre on the concept of legitimate interest under the GDPR.
EDPB commissioned the report… ...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently published a report by our consultant solicitor TJ McIntyre on the concept of legitimate interest under the GDPR.
EDPB commissioned the report t...
www.linkedin.com
April 21, 2026 at 6:26 AM
FP Logue consultant @tjmcintyre.com authors important case digest on cross-border "legitimate interest" cases handled by the European Data Protection Board
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
💬 Max Schrems: “[The #EDPB and the #EDPS] have called out key changes for what they are: neither ‘technical’ changes nor ‘simplification,’ but limitations of the right to data protection for #EU residents.” 🇪🇺 #DigitalOmnibus
Read more 👉 cybernews.com/privacy/euro...
Read more 👉 cybernews.com/privacy/euro...
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
💬 Max Schrems: “[The #EDPB and the #EDPS] have called out key changes for what they are: neither ‘technical’ changes nor ‘simplification,’ but limitations of the right to data protection for #EU residents.” 🇪🇺 #DigitalOmnibus
Read more 👉 cybernews.com/privacy/euro...
Read more 👉 cybernews.com/privacy/euro...
Het Nederlandse kabinet ziet geen heil in een expliciet verbod op camerabrillen waarmee gebruikers stiekem mensen kunnen filmen. Bestaande regels bieden al privacybescherming en de regering wacht een rapport af van de Europese privacytoezichthouder EDPB. De Tweede Kamer wil wel een verbod.
Tweede Kamer wil camerabrillen breder verbieden, kabinet ziet geen noodzaak
ebx.sh
September 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Het Nederlandse kabinet ziet geen heil in een expliciet verbod op camerabrillen waarmee gebruikers stiekem mensen kunnen filmen. Bestaande regels bieden al privacybescherming en de regering wacht een rapport af van de Europese privacytoezichthouder EDPB. De Tweede Kamer wil wel een verbod.
EDPB writes to the Commission to ask whether they are reconsidering Israel's data protection adequacy agreements following Israeli law requiring EEA humanitarian orgs in Palestine to provide a lot of personal data on their staff, including their spouses/kids www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
www.edpb.europa.eu
April 22, 2026 at 10:19 AM
EDPB writes to the Commission to ask whether they are reconsidering Israel's data protection adequacy agreements following Israeli law requiring EEA humanitarian orgs in Palestine to provide a lot of personal data on their staff, including their spouses/kids www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...