The Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 has been signed into law and brings some significant changes to the law in Ireland. The main changes concern the Occupier’s Liability Act 1995 and the venues in which you can pursue data protection breaches. Occupier’s Liability Act 1995 Section 3 of the Occupier’s Liability act … Read more
Are you entitled to exercise your freedom of expression right anonymously? This is one of the fascinating questions that the Justice Garrett Simons of the High Court is to send to the European Court of Justice for a determination. This question, along with others set out below, arise from a High Court application by a … Read more
Have you heard about the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? Do you know the changes it will bring to data protection law in Ireland? Do you know when it is to come into effect here? These questions, and similar foundational ones, are what I am about to look at. Ready? Let’s go. The “big bang” … Read more
Have you suffered a breach of your data protection rights? If so, what is your redress? And are you entitled to damages/compensation for the breach? If you are concerned that your data protection rights have been breached you may bring a complaint to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. This is a free service … Read more
Have you noticed those annoying website “cookie” notices popping up nearly everywhere on the internet? Well, there is good reason for them. They are a legal requirement in Ireland and Europe and breaches of the law covering data protection-the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and Statutory Instrument 336 of 2011-can lead to fines of … Read more