Gardaí were spat at over 200 times this year during Covid crisis
The Garda National Vetting Bureau has published stats on the number of times enforcement powers were used during the pandemic. By Sean Murray Sunday 20 Dec 2020, 12:05 AM Dec 20th 2020, 12:05 AM 16,494 Views 35 Comments
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AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA detected over 400 alleged breaches under the powers granted to them during the Covid crisis, such as potential flouting of domestic travel restrictions, face covering restrictions and other restrictions such as the organisation of events.
The majority of these – 358 – occurred during the initial lockdown period between 8 April and 28 June according to data from the Garda National Vetting Bureau (GNVB).
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Sharing hate speech online to become criminal offence but there will be protections for freedom of speech
Justice Minister Helen McEntee aims to bring forward new legislation by Easter 2021. By Órla Ryan Thursday 17 Dec 2020, 11:08 AM Dec 17th 2020, 11:08 AM 27,013 Views 118 Comments
Justice Minister Helen McEntee (file photo)
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SHARING HATE SPEECH online is set to become a criminal offence under proposed legislation but there will be a high bar for prosecution.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee today launched the findings from the public consultation on Hate Speech and Hate Crime.
She expects to bring forward new legislation to Cabinet by Easter 2021 that will combat incitement to hatred and hate crime.
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For the first time, a U.S. technology firm has been fined under the EU s General Data Protection Regulation. Ireland s Data Protection Commission on Tuesday hit social media giant Twitter with a 450,000 euros ($547,000) fine for failing to report and document a data breach within 72 hours, as required under GDPR.
In 2018, a bug in Twitter s design specific to Android devices inappropriately exposed protected messages from 88,000 users, the commission says.
The commission says that Twitter reported that data exposure in January 2019 - it was discovered on Dec. 26, 2018 - at which time the regulatory agency began its investigation into the incident.
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Twitter has been fined €450,000 by the Data Protection Commission after a breach of GDPR.
That was for failing to notify the DPC of the breach within the 72 hours window.
The Data Protection Commission says the fine imposed on Twitter for breaching GDPR legislation IS proportionate.
Graham Doyle from the DPC says there was a thorough investigation: It s a discreet issue around the notification at the time, and documentation that s provided. So it was found to be in this case that €450,000 was an effective, proportionate and dissuasive approach.
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The Irish Council For Civil Liberties says that a €450,000 fine on Twitter for breaching GDPR legislation won t make it change its behaviour.
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Twitter has been fined €450,000 after breaching GDPR rules.
The Data Protection Commission issued the penalty after the social media giant failed to notify it within 72 hours.
The DPC’s investigation commenced in January of last year following receipt of a breach notification from Twitter.
A bug had allowed some protected tweets to go public.
Twitter says it takes full responsibility for the mistake and is committed to protecting privacy.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties says it s disappointing that Twitter was fined such a meagre amount and that Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Austrian, Italian, and Hungarian GDPR enforcers have also taken issue with the DPC s actions.