Ireland: Data Protection Commission's investigation into Yahoo!

Progress

Current status

processing consultation

27 Oct 2022 under investigation

01 Aug 2019 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

Ireland

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Data protection regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

search service provider

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

data protection authority

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

27 Oct 2022

under investigation

Issued draft decision on Yahoo!'s alleged violation of EU GDPR

On 27 October 2022, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision on an investigation into Yahoo! to the EU data regulatory authorities. Under Article 60 of the GDPR, any concerned supervisors have until 24 November 2022 to s…

Source

Event type investigation

Action type interim ruling

Government branch executive

Government body data protection authority

01 Aug 2019

under deliberation

Announced investigation into Yahoo!'s alleged violation of EU GDPR

On 1 August 2019, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched an investigation into the use of cookies on the search engine website Yahoo! and its possible violation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by not obtaining legiti…