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Ireland: Opening of a new statutory inquiry into Twitter’s compliance with GDPR

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Opening of a new statutory inquiry into Twitter’s compliance with GDPR

On 22 January 2019, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened a new statutory investigation into Twitter over a data breach reported by the company on 8 January 2019. The inquiry aims to determine if Twitter complied with Article 33 of the G…

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

Complete timeline of this policy change

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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…