Ireland: Privacy Protection

This privacy statement outlines how the organization handles cookies and user data collection through its digital platforms. It explains the consent mechanism for different categories of cookies, including analytics and targeting technologies that track user behavior and preferences.

Following a Supreme Court decision last year, the Irish courts are applying stricter temporal benchmarks in applications to strike out proceedings for delay...

Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026: Financial Services priorities...

The Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026 (PDF 467KB) was signed into law on 31 March.

The European Parliament and Council are racing to finalize the EU AI Digital Omnibus Regulation before the AI Act's August 2026 deadline, with both bodies proposing significant amendments to address implementation challenges and fundamental rights concerns. Key areas of negotiation include extended timelines for high-risk AI systems, new prohibitions on non-consensual intimate imagery, and revised requirements for AI literacy and data processing.

The European Data Protection Board has issued comprehensive guidelines on processing personal data for scientific research under GDPR, establishing six key factors to determine what qualifies as legitimate scientific research.

In the search for next generation therapies, we are seeing a number of trends emerge in the pharma and healthcare sectors; a shift towards digitalisation, embracing artificial intelligence (AI)...

Implementing blockchain technology in a GDPR compliant manner requires careful assessment, consideration and planning. To assist organisations...

Belgium's Data Protection Authority (the "DPA") recently held that transfers of personal information relating to U.S...