Agenda Articles

The European Commission’s Digital Omnibus Package (published on 19 November 2025) proposes several amendments to the GDPR designed to reduce barriers to innovation in the field of scientific research.

Under Article 82(1) the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) a person who suffers material or non-material damage because of an infringement of their data protection rights can seek compensation from the data controller or processor.

In Simon McVann v Data Protection Commission [2023] IECC 3 (McVann), the appellant appealed against decisions of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) concerning the processing of his personal data.

On 4 May 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) released its highly anticipated judgment in Case-300/21 UI v Österreichische Post (Österreichische Post Case).

The Data Governance Act (DGA) is another prong in the European Union's (EU) strategy for data. The DGA sets out a legal framework to facilitate and enable the safe access to, and sharing of, certain categories of public-sector data for commercial and non-commercial use, other than the original purpose for which data were generated.