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Ireland: Opening of statutory inquiry into Twitter’s compliance with Data Protection Act

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Opening of statutory inquiry into Twitter’s compliance with Data Protection Act

On 19 December 2018, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it opened a statutory investigation into Twitter’s compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The inquiry started in November 2018 after the agency received several notifications of data breaches from the company.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2018-12-19
under deliberation

On 19 December 2018, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it opened a statutor…

2019-01-22
under deliberation

On 22 January 2019, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened a new statutory investigation…

2020-12-09
in force

On 9 December 2020, The Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced its final decision regarding the…

2021-10-18
in force

On 18 October 2021, the Dublin Circuit Court confirmed the fine handed out by the Irish Data Protec…

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