Re:Last-minute Government amendment seeks to muzzle DPC crit...
by izacus on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:39AM
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For context, Irish DPC is the one that handles most GDPR complaints for mega corporations like Google, Apple and Meta (because that's where they're officially based for their EU operations).
Now the Irish parliament accepted a surprise amendment which makes process of this office opaque and untransparent for everyone else - it's not hard what's going on here.
It's GDPR protection office refusing to be accountable for their slow GDPR resolution process in a country which wants to retain megacorporations that love to break said GDPR.
It's been massively criticized because it's been dragging their feet when resolving complaints and having... strange... resolutions when they actually managed to resolve anything: https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2023/01/13/eu...
Now the Irish parliament accepted a surprise amendment which makes process of this office opaque and untransparent for everyone else - it's not hard what's going on here.
It's GDPR protection office refusing to be accountable for their slow GDPR resolution process in a country which wants to retain megacorporations that love to break said GDPR.