Can you use ChatGPT while ensuring privacy and security goals?

ChatGPT has been many people’s first encounter with generative AI, to understand what it does or how it might help them. But it comes with concerns, especially in sensitive areas like data privacy and intellectual property. This blog analyses those risks and gives guidance on whether you can deploy it safely. If your business hasn’t […]

Four Takeaways From the 2023 Data Protection Commission Annual Report

In 2023, the DPC was responsible for handling 87 per cent of all GDPR-related fines in Europe, totalling €1.55 billion. But with many of the largest cases undergoing appeals, the actual amount of fines paid was a fraction of that. In reality, the report shows that the amount paid to the Irish regulator was just […]

Lessons for Irish DPO’s from the DPC’s Twitter fine decision

Twitter fine

So, the day everyone in Ireland with a passing interest in data protection has been waiting for finally arrived yesterday. December 15th, 2020 brought an early Christmas present for us all as the Data Protection Commission published its first decision into the data processing activities of one of the many multinational companies based in Ireland. […]